2024
Manual
Tax: n/a
Mileage: 37
Diesel
2023
Automatic
Mileage: 150
Mileage: 1,092
Mileage: 4,859
Mileage: 4,880
2021
Mileage: 5,104
Mileage: 6,264
2019
Mileage: 7,000
Mileage: 8,448
Mileage: 9,000
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Welcome to a new kind of Ford Transit Connect. It's the Blue Oval brand's volume compact van and this third generation version sits in the Ford Pro LCV range between two other recently launched models, the smaller Transit Courier and the larger mid-sized Transit Custom. The Transit Connect model line dates back to 2003, when it was launched as one of the market's very first purpose-built small vans; little LCV's had previously been based on cars. By the time the MK2 version arrived in 2013, competitors had caught up, hence the need for a mid-term update in 2018. This third generation model, launched in mid-2024, is, like the larger Transit Custom, now based on a Volkswagen, in this case, the Wolfsburg maker's Caddy. Which in this instance is unfortunate because it means that it can't offer the full-EV drivetrain you'll find with direct rivals. Or with the other Transit line models, the Courier, the Custom and the 2-tonner. Which makes it odd that Ford sees this MK3 Connect design as 'the final piece' of its European Transit model line electrification strategy. Justification for that rhetoric comes with the new availability of Plug-in Hybrid tech with this Connect. Ford has also added in an AWD option, plus more load space and a digitalised cabin.
Ford took its time in introducing its version of the third generation Volkswagen Caddy - this MK3 Transit Connect. But operators may well feel that the finished product was worth the wait. Some companies will be disappointed that the Caddy underpinnings have prevented Ford from equipping this van with the full-EV drivetrain most of its competitors offer. But the truth is that the PHEV package that's now optionally available instead for this model line might at present be a better fit for many UK businesses. Electrification of any kind though, is getting a slow take-up in the van segment and the diesel versions of this Connect that most companies will choose tick all the necessary boxes: and will store plenty of those boxes thanks to the larger cargo bay. Which means that this Connect will continue to be strong seller. When the original version of this Transit Connect was first launched just after the turn of the century, we could never have imagined that one day, a light LCV would be as capable as this. Still an odd job van perhaps, but these days, a very clever one indeed.
