New Transit Courier
Discussion
ACCYSTAN said:
To the original post,
I presume you tried the current Transit courier and not the brand new one due in the UK in March?
Ford dealer told me demonstrators don’t arrive until end of Jan and new van stock doesnt arrive until end of March, the MPV version will be ‘summer’ time for first delivery,
That was the message before Christmas as we intend to get 2 of these vans to replace ageing Fiat Fiorinos.
Interestingly Fiat still sell the Fiorino van.
As previously mentioned, the new Courier is a Volswagen, built by Volkswagen, with VW part numbers all over it. I presume you tried the current Transit courier and not the brand new one due in the UK in March?
Ford dealer told me demonstrators don’t arrive until end of Jan and new van stock doesnt arrive until end of March, the MPV version will be ‘summer’ time for first delivery,
That was the message before Christmas as we intend to get 2 of these vans to replace ageing Fiat Fiorinos.
Interestingly Fiat still sell the Fiorino van.
anyoldcardave said:
As previously mentioned, the new Courier is a Volswagen, built by Volkswagen, with VW part numbers all over it.
VW don’t have a van the same size as the new Courier.It’s built in Romania on the same line as the Puma, as it has Puma underpinnings.
The new Transit Connect is shared with VW though.
So let's get this VW and Ford thing the right way round.
VW get Ford's commercial vehicles while Ford get VW's MEB electric passenger vehicle platform.
Hence, the new Transporter is the big (I can't figure out the names) Transit built by Ford in the same Turkish factory, while the new Ford Explorer is a VW ID.whatever. Not sure where it's built, but presumably in one of VW's factories configured for electric.
VW get Ford's commercial vehicles while Ford get VW's MEB electric passenger vehicle platform.
Hence, the new Transporter is the big (I can't figure out the names) Transit built by Ford in the same Turkish factory, while the new Ford Explorer is a VW ID.whatever. Not sure where it's built, but presumably in one of VW's factories configured for electric.
dxg said:
So let's get this VW and Ford thing the right way round.
VW get Ford's commercial vehicles while Ford get VW's MEB electric passenger vehicle platform.
Hence, the new Transporter is the big (I can't figure out the names) Transit built by Ford in the same Turkish factory, while the new Ford Explorer is a VW ID.whatever. Not sure where it's built, but presumably in one of VW's factories configured for electric.
Apart from the new Transit Connect which is a rebadged VW. VW get Ford's commercial vehicles while Ford get VW's MEB electric passenger vehicle platform.
Hence, the new Transporter is the big (I can't figure out the names) Transit built by Ford in the same Turkish factory, while the new Ford Explorer is a VW ID.whatever. Not sure where it's built, but presumably in one of VW's factories configured for electric.
Cologne is the Ford factory that builds the European (electric) Explorer.
Edited by gt40steve on Tuesday 7th May 12:46
ACCYSTAN said:
Transporter quality will plummet once it’s a rebadged Ford transit custom.
Ford Turkish factory quality is not the best and there’s been some horror examples of badly built vehicles especially when it comes to paint and finish.
Is Transporter quality all it's cracked up to be? We have a 6.1 at work but I find the Custom to have a better quality interior with less squeaks and rattles in the cab.Ford Turkish factory quality is not the best and there’s been some horror examples of badly built vehicles especially when it comes to paint and finish.
I agree with the paint finish though, seen some shocking examples!
Ford have quietly pushed back the date of the passenger version of the Ford Tourneo Courier to May 2025 for the UK.
It was originally December 2023.
It’s due to problems at the Romanian factory, it’s taken them an extra 6 months to iron out production of the van and they don’t want to complicate matters by trying to add a right hand side build of the passenger version into the range.
The electric version is also pushed back to May 2025.
It was originally December 2023.
It’s due to problems at the Romanian factory, it’s taken them an extra 6 months to iron out production of the van and they don’t want to complicate matters by trying to add a right hand side build of the passenger version into the range.
The electric version is also pushed back to May 2025.
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