Ford Transit Range Further Enhanced

The extremely popular Ford Transit Range has received a slew of significant changes that add greater amounts of greater functionality and versatility to the 2007 International Van of the Year.

Several key enhancements include increased safety specification and the introduction of a brand new model with an enormous new gross vehicle mass.

In a groundbreaking first for Transit, from March 1 all new arrivals will be fitted with a four-wheel anti-lock braking system featuring Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD) as standard Previously only Abs was standard on rear-wheel drive models.

New safety enhancements include front seat passenger airbag as standard on Transit Bus and a load area protection kit that comes as a standard inclusion on all short, mid and long wheelbase vans.

Once limited to the domain of passenger vehicles, Dynamic Stability Control is now available across the entire bus, cab-chassis and van range, as are front side airbags.

Vice President of Marketing and Sales Mark Winslow states, "Transit was voted International Van of the Year 2007 and the changes announced today will further enhance the appeal and practicality of the popular 12 model range."

"We have enhanced Transit's safety story and also improved the load carrying ability of our biggest vans. The new dual rear-wheel jumbo van is a behemoth that literally swallows a phenomenal amount of cargo."

The king-size new model is a rear-wheel drive long-wheel base jumbo van with dual rear-wheels and a massive gross vehicle mass of 4490kg, delivering a gross combination mass of 6.5-tonnes and a braked towing capacity of 3.0-tonnes.

It is powered by the ultra dependable 2.4-litre Duratorq TDCi engine that develops 103kW @ 3500rpm and 375Nm @ 2000rpm and comes with DSC and traction control as standard.

The gross vehicle mass of the single and dual cab-chassis extended frame models has been increased 240kg to 4490kg is yet another significant upgrade, and both models receive DSC and traction control as standard.

The Transit’s favoured attributes include car-like interior, brilliant functionality and all round drivability, and these remain evident in every model in the line-up

"Commercial drivers often spend more hours in their vehicles than car drivers and Ford wanted to ensure they are equally well catered for," said Mr Winslow.

"The high ergonomic standards not only concern the driver’s seat and the position of steering wheel and gear lever but also include the excellent visibility via the large windows and the well positioned rear view mirrors."

Conditional to what model is selected, additional features like cruise control, reverse parking sensors, passenger airbag, DSC and traction control are available as options in the Professional Pack.

Mr Winslow emphasizes, "Operating a light commercial vehicle no longer needs to be a compromise compared with driving a passenger vehicle. Transit offers a wide range of feature laden, competitively priced bus, cab-chassis and van derivatives. There is quite literally a model for all requirements, be it an urban delivery vehicle requiring a low roof to get in and out of car-park buildings or something bigger to carry a load and a crew."

Contact Titan Ford for information about the enhanced features in our Ford Transit

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