Azure Dynamics Files For Bankruptcy, Suspends Ford Transit Connect Electric...
The Detroit News is reporting that the company that electrifies Ford’s Transit Connect Electric vans, Azure Dynamics, AZD, has filed for bankruptcy and suspended the production of the small battery...
View ArticleFord Transit Connect Wagon, The Blue Oval’s Newest People Mover
Well, turns out I was totally off-base with my prediction of the Ford B-Max coming here. Turns out the new product coming here from Ford was one that exists already. Enter the Transit Connect Wagon....
View ArticleChicago Auto Show: 2014 Ford Transit Connect Wagon
If you were an early adopter of Ford’s compact cargo hauler, news of the 2014 Transit Connect may upset you. Rather than letting the old baby-Transit languish in America like Ford did once upon a time...
View ArticleRam To Get Turkish-Built Fiat Doblo
A Turkish affiliate of Fiat had disclosed plans to import the Doblo as a Ram van, to compete with the Ford Transit Connect. Automotive News Europe reported that exports would begin in 2014 with...
View ArticleFord Transit Delayed Until Model Year 2015
TTAC has learned that the Ford has delayed the new full-size Transit van until Model Year 2015. This leaves Ford without a next generation full-size van to compete against the updated Sprinter and the...
View ArticleU.S. Customs Calls Ford’s Importing Transit Connect As Passenger Vehicle...
Fifty years ago, in a dispute over a German tariff on chicken imported from the United States, the U.S. government retaliated by slapping a 25% tax on imported trucks and vans, apparently to impact the...
View ArticleFord Transit Connect Still Owns Half Of U.S. Small Commercial Van Segment
Ford Motor Company’s Transit Connect has seen the number of its direct rivals rapidly expand over the last two years. Not only must the Transit Connect fend off challenges from the Nissan NV200, now...
View ArticleReader Review: 2014 Ford Transit Connect Wagon XLT
(Everybody say “Hi!” to Nick, who is here to share his tale of Transit Connect ownership with the B&B! — JB) Last year, when my wife and I were first looking at minivans, I went by the Ford dealer...
View ArticleFord Files Trademark Applications for ‘Transit Courier’ and ‘Courier’ in U.S.
Have you ever sat in a Ford Transit Connect and said to yourself, “Gosh, I like this, but it’s just so darn big!“? Well, if Ford’s latest trademark filings are any indication, the Blue Oval might soon...
View ArticleFord and Lincoln Doors Could Fly Open in These Warm U.S. States
Ford Motor Company just recalled 828,053 late-model Ford and Lincoln models due to faulty side door latches, but the risk depends on where a vehicle was sold and registered. The automaker claims the...
View ArticleSmall Commercial Vans Rapidly Losing Their Appeal With Handy Mannys and Bob...
On the surface, little Euro vans seem to make so much sense. Not every contractor needs a football field’s worth of space behind two front seats. City-friendly exterior dimensions, a more affordable...
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