Inovev forecasts 70,000 units a year of the new Ford Transit Courier
- In 2014, Ford Europe decided to add a new light utility vehicle to its product range, the Transit Courier (N1-1 segment), which is in price and dimensions below the Transit Connect (N1-2 segment) which appeared in 2002 and renewed in 2013. This 4.16 m model (a Transit Connect then measured 4.42 m) competed with the slightly shorter Fiat Fiorino, Peugeot Bipper and Citroën Nemo.
- The Transit Courier was produced in Turkey, alongside the Transit Custom (N1-3) and Transit (N1-3). It had a decent career in Europe with nearly 100,000 sales per year between 2016 and 2018), but fell back to 60,000 units per year after 2018. In fact, the Transit Courier sells about as much as the Transit Connect. But unlike the Transit Connect, the new generation of the Transit Courier that was just presented this month owes nothing to Volkswagen. The new model is designed entirely by Ford Europe.
- The new Transit Courier has been extended by 18 cm compared to the previous, to reach 4.34 m, approaching the Transit Connect whose length has increased from 4.42 m to 4.50 m between the old and the new generation. The width increases from 1.76 m to 1.79 m and the height from 1.75 m to 1.83 m. This increase in dimensions makes it possible to carry a greater volume of goods. The Transit Courier and Connect will however now be competitors, as at Renault, the Express and the Kangoo.
- Ford offers a 1.0 petrol engine (100 hp and 125 hp), a 1.5 diesel engine (100 hp) and a battery electric version (136 hp) on its new Transit Courier. Inovev forecasts 70,000 sales per year of the new model which will be produced in Craiova in Romania, alongside the Ford Puma which will receive the same electric motor.