New Transit revealed

[DanDC5]

Expect to see millions mutated KA's on the road very soon....

[RB Will]

eww corporate face went one step too far. It does not look manly enough now.

should have gone more like this

[getawayturtle]

That really is awful.

[iphonedyou]

That's a very feminine looking van. Looks like a people carrier.

[Ekona]

It doesn't look like a Transit, but that doesn't necessarily make it a bad van. Looks a bit generic like any other van now sadly (Renaults especially have been doing the smooth-face thing for ages), but other than that I quite like it.

Can't wait to see the proper size Transits with this face, certainly that's the one we'll be buying to replace our current-gen Transits with. This one is the smaller one, like just a step up from the Connect and we need HiTop LWB versions.

[jamei303]

RB Will said:

eww corporate face went one step too far. It does not look manly enough now.

should have gone more like this

On the contrary, this version is replacing that in North America.

[snotrag]

iphonedyou said:

That's a very feminine looking van. Looks like a people carrier.

Thats exactly the intention. Interesting interview with their head of commercial vehicles on Radio 2 last night.

Very clear that they are targeting the 'lifestyle' (cough, VW Transporter/Caravelle) market, the new one is supposed to be more feminine, more car like inside and to drive, yet supposedly still retain what makes it a Transit Van.

They will be coming with all sorts of stop-start, efficiency, bluetooth, internet, lifetyle-y modern eco nonsense too... so no doubt the price is going up.

Hope it goes well, not entirely convinced myself.

[Hugo a Gogo]

looks like a generic Hyundai/Kia midsize van

[Ari]

DanDC5 said:

Expect to see millions mutated KA's on the road very soon....

That's a VW with a Ford badge.

[jbi]

[roverspeed]

Looks very generic and korean

I will stick with my Transporter thanks.

[fatboy69]

it look's quite gay.

[4sure]

Flared (unprotected) wheel arches look a bit vulnerable to scrapes and dings.

[ajprice]

They already shown the Tourneo van with the seats and windows, a bit easier to see it in this picture.

[RedWhiteMonkey]

Looks expensive to fix when it inevitably gets damaged on a building site. Why can’t they just build some solid and reliable that will be of actual use to industry?

[Grey Ghost]

ajprice said:

They already shown the Tourneo van with the seats and windows, a bit easier to see it in this picture.

We're back to the wide mouthed frog again.

[N88]

Ekona said:

Looks a bit generic like any other van now sadly

It's a van there's only so much they can do!

[jbi]

RedWhiteMonkey said:

Looks expensive to fix when it inevitably gets damaged on a building site. Why can’t they just build some solid and reliable that will be of actual use to industry?

indeed.... this is what the front of a van should look like





Solid metal bumpers front and rear to take all of the knocks, bashes and abuse a tradesman will throw at it.

I can see the yanks offering plenty of upgrades when it goes on sale there.