New Transit Courier

[ACCYSTAN]

I doubt it, have they put an updated eco boom in any of the passenger cars?

[Square Leg]

I’ve read conflicting views the engine was updated around 2020.
No one seems to know for sure though..

[ACCYSTAN]

The 1.0 design considerably updated to the point many of the parts on the original eco boost are not compatible with the later version; I am not sure when this took place.

[Square Leg]

Picked an Active up today.
Drives well and surprisingly pokey for 999cc.
A little bit smaller in the cab than the Connect but still comfortable enough.

[ACCYSTAN]

No idea but I will ask the question next time I deliver to Fords

[anyoldcardave]

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.

[Square Leg]

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.

[ACCYSTAN]

Courier has nothing to do with VW

VW may sell a rebadged version in the future, but for now it’s purely a Ford

[ACCYSTAN]

Test drove a Transit courier today, a bit too small for my needs but drives nice.

dealer tells me the maximum discount for cash is £2k.

[dxg]

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.