The Iconic Ford Transit
The Ford Transit has now been in production for over 40 years! But why do we hold such an affinity for this commercial vehicle?
Whilst the transit’s genealogy stretches back further, the first van to wear the “transit” label was the Ford Taunus Transit of 1961, a model that would continue only til 1965. Of course, some would argue that the first transit was a race car built by the owner of a Ford dealership shortly after World War II.
Transport News Network report this week on data produced by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. These statistics apparently show “van and truck registrations down 20.7% in August” but, as also reported by Works Management, registrations are up 1.9% for the rolling year to a staggering 387,645.
The decline in van registrations accounted for much of the slump with van registrations being “down 24.7% for the month and down 0.8% to 329,092 for the rolling year”.
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