Ten things to know about the Ford Transit
The Ford Transit was launched in 1965 and it became an instant success due partly to the wide variety of body styles on offer. It could have been launched as the “V-Series” but a last-minute decision saw it adopt the Transit name, which had first appeared on the German FK van in 1960 when that model became known as the Taunus Transit. The fourth generation of the Transit was both front- and all-wheel drive for the first time. The...
From bank robbers to the Sweeney … we look back at 50 years of the Ford Transit
In 2015 Ford’s Transit celebrated its 50th birthday, we chart the course of this quintessential van It took a long time for the Transit to earn the term ‘icon’. Unlike the air-cooled Volkswagen van which earned iconic status from its use as the transport for starry-eyed hippies and self-discovering road trips, the Transit sat silently on the double-yellow lines of history, hazard warning lights flashing. For five decades the Transit...
