Ford launches its 4th LCV model : the Transit Courier
- Ford launches its fourth LCV model for the global _ market: the Transit Courier. It is the smallest of Ford's newly consolidated LCV range (Transit Connect, Transit Custom and Transit).
- In Europe, the mini-LCV market is rather low and represents approximately 100 000 units per year. With a limited number of models, it should logically increase when the Courier manages to find its place alongside the Fiat Fiorino, Peugeot Bipper and Citroen Nemo. The Renault Bebop failed to establish itself in this market and is now almost extinct.
- The new Courier is based on the current Fiesta (like the B-Max which has the same platform). It competes with smaller LCVs of the European market (Fiat Fiorino, Peugeot Bipper, Citroen Nemo), but also on the North American market where it will also be sold. The passenger car version of the Courier will be called the Courier Tourneo .
- The new Courier will be manufactured in Turkey (Kocaeli) at a rate of 50 000 units per year, in the same plant where the Transit and the Transit Custom are manufactured for the European market. The manufacturing of the Transit in Belgium (Genk) and in England (Southampton) has in fact stopped in recent years.
- The production site of the Courier in North America has not yet been made official. 50 000 units could also be manufactured per year for the local market.
