Why Ford Transit rules the light commercial vehicle market

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23 Feb 2018

Why Ford Transit rules the light commercial vehicle market

Ford Transit is the light commercial vehicle

Evolution of Ford Transit from 1965 till 2018

Ford is not an unknown name in the automotive world. It has introduced countless lavish models. Ford transit is one of the best model made by Ford. Everyone wants a vehicle now a days with powerful engines, luxurious interior, latest gadgets, best infotainment system and marvelous look s along with low mileage performance. In short, a person wants everything under one roof.

Ford Transit

Transit was introduced first in 1995 with the name of Ford Tourneo. And from that time till now it is the most admired family and cargo van. Because of Transit’s supreme quality, in 2016 Ford get the third best seller award by selling up to eight million units.

Transit is launched in the market with three different sizes of roofs and offers a variety of engines as well. Low roof transit has the height of 83˝ and medium height in Transit is 100˝ while the high roof has 110˝ height of the roof. If you choose the 148˝ wheelbase extended length model, your roof height will be 109˝.

Engines of Ford Transit

Ford Transit Connect is getting a new standard of 2.0L petrol l 4 engine. This quality engine has an ability of direct injection and automatic stop/start which switches 2.5L port-injected four. It has an eight-speed automatic gearbox instead of a six-speed transmission system. So the performance and effectiveness will increase with facts, likely to be around 170 horsepower and 150 pound-foot torque.

Other three engines Transit offers are

3.7L TI-VCT V6

The 3.7L TI-VCT V6 delivers quality performance with 275 horsepower making torque of 260 pound-foot.

3.5L EcoBoost V6

This direct injection and turbocharging engine have 310 horsepower and make awesome torque of 410 pound-foot. The turbocharger and direct injection combine to make impressive quantum of torque.

3.2L I-5 Power Stroke Turbo Diesel

This 3.2L I-5 power stroke turbo diesel engine is perfect for cargo or transportation services. This direct injection 3.2L I-5 turbo diesel power stroke engine shows 185 horsepower and quality torque of 350-pound foot.

Other quality specs of Ford Transit

Not only quality engines are the identity of Ford transit but it also has many other quality features as well. With quality interior and best safety and security system Ford Transit is such a reliable vehicle for your family and business.

Its spacious cabin, comfortable seats, the latest and updated gadgets make Transit even better as compared to its other competitors. And when it comes to the safety Transit provide quality features for the sake of its customer’s security.

In the situation of a frontal crash, to protect the heads of driver and passengers there are front impact airbags in Ford Transit while to secure the chest and sides of passengers there are tested and reliable side-impact airbags for side impact collision.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration give four stars for the secure frontal crash and five starts for secure side crash system of Ford Transit, which makes Transit a safe and secure vehicle.