Bob Rosadini Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Check this out....Maybe we will see more co-operation on the medium duty front as well.....From Reuters Ford's Turkish joint venture to produce electric vans from 2023 Ford Motor Co said on Tuesday that the next version of its Transit van for the European market will go into production in Turkey in 2023 and include fully electric and hybrid variants along with the combustion-engined version. Read in Reuters: https://apple.news/ANsvaGwf0QiOpwpRgG7W3OA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7Mary3 Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 I think production of the next generation Transit Connect for North America is scheduled for Hermosillo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausrutherford Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 5 hours ago, Bob Rosadini said: Check this out....Maybe we will see more co-operation on the medium duty front as well.....From Reuters Ford's Turkish joint venture to produce electric vans from 2023 Ford Motor Co said on Tuesday that the next version of its Transit van for the European market will go into production in Turkey in 2023 and include fully electric and hybrid variants along with the combustion-engined version. Read in Reuters: https://apple.news/ANsvaGwf0QiOpwpRgG7W3OA This is for the Transit Custom, not the other four versions of the Transit family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Rosadini Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share Posted March 17, 2021 3 hours ago, ausrutherford said: This is for the Transit Custom, not the other four versions of the Transit family. Which is something we don't see in US right? In think that article makes reference to a "one tonne"??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 (edited) e-Transit was announced last November. 198 Kw/430 nm, 350 km range WLTP, 202 Km range EPA, 1616 Kg payload Edited March 17, 2021 by jpd80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzcat Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 15 hours ago, Bob Rosadini said: Which is something we don't see in US right? In think that article makes reference to a "one tonne"??? Yes, One-Tonne is reference to Transit Custom and VW Transporter. In Europe, they refer to these mid size vans as One-Tonne because their payload rating starts at around 1,000 kg vs. the compact vans like Transit Connect which has payload that starts around 500 kg or "Half-Tonne". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpd80 Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Exciting times at Otosan as they gear up to supply 1-tonne and 2-tonne Transits to VW, that is a huge guaranteed supply contract..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe771476 Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 I'm not happy about this VW Transit deal. So if you live in Europe and you have a choice of buying a Ford or VW Transit, I think they're going to buy the VW out of loyalty. So this way Ford loses their market share in Europe. VW and Daimler can't stand the fact that Ford leads in commercial sales in Europe! It actually gnaws at them every waking moment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzcat Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 14 hours ago, Joe771476 said: I'm not happy about this VW Transit deal. So if you live in Europe and you have a choice of buying a Ford or VW Transit, I think they're going to buy the VW out of loyalty. So this way Ford loses their market share in Europe. VW and Daimler can't stand the fact that Ford leads in commercial sales in Europe! It actually gnaws at them every waking moment! Why would you assume that? Ford leads the market in Europe for a reason... The loyalty will work in Ford's favor instead of VW if you are talking about light commercial vehicles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twintornados Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 6 hours ago, bzcat said: Why would you assume that? Ford leads the market in Europe for a reason... The loyalty will work in Ford's favor instead of VW if you are talking about light commercial vehicles. I think what Joe is referring to is "nationalist loyalty" since VW is a Euro-centric company and Ford could be seen as the American invader...but that really doesn't play outside of Germany and that Ford has been a presence in Europe for over 100 years...Ford of Great Britain began in 1909 and Ford Germany in 1925 and merging into the Ford of Europe that we know today in 1967. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzcat Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 (edited) Ford is largely seen as a local brand in most of western Europe, especially in UK and Germany, its two strongest markets. Although Ford has squandered that goodwill and now trails both Toyota and Hyundai in passenger cars in Europe. It still leads light commercial vehicles as the single biggest brand but Stellantis and Renault are bigger players due to all the rebadges. This is why getting VW into the Ford commercial camp is a good thing for Ford... it ensures Ford can continue to operate at scale vs. the two French companies. Stellantis rebadge vans: Peugeot, Citroen, Opel/Vauxhall, Fiat, Toyota Renault rebadge vans: Renault, Mercedes, Opel/Vauxhall (being phased out), Nissan, Mitsubishi, Dacia, Lada Ford rebadge vans: none but will add VW soon Edited March 29, 2021 by bzcat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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