2015 Ford Transit First Drive - MotorTrend Magazine
Fast-forward a few years to when Alan Mulally initiated the One Ford movement. The Transit is one product of the movement, which, in the transition into America, has combined with (or eliminated) the also very popular E Series van. E Series fans have every right to shed a tear or two, but then again, the Transit, as I found out on a drive in Kansas City, Missouri, fills its shoes, err, steel-toe Red Wings, quite well. Ford’s previous vice president of engineering, Kumar Galhotra, now at the helm of Lincoln , insisted it was extremely durable, capable enough of fulfilling and surpassing the internal “Built Ford Tough” standard of 215 tests using 148 prototypes. Ford revamped its Kansas City Assembly Plant specifically for Transit production, a move that created 2000 jobs. With all that in mind, Ford developed a unibody chassis made of high-strength and boron steel to keep weight down and performance up. Buyers can choose from cargo van or wagon configurations, in designations of 150/250/350/350 Heavy Duty, with... Wagoners can stuff eight, 10, 12, or 15 passengers inside, but if they ditch their passengers and jump into a long-wheelbase, extended-length, high-roof, dual-rear-wheels cargo van (aka LWB EL HR DRW), they’ll have a cavernous 487. 3 cubic-feet to... Source: www.motortrend.com
