Ford Van News

Ford has donated the 800th Ford Transit minibus to The Lord's Taverners in recognition of the vital work done by the charity in providing these vehicles for special needs organisations and schools.

Judges at Britain's well known van magazine, What Van?, have awarded six gold winner badges to Ford's 2006 range of commercial vehicles.

Ford vehicle security experts partnered the Metropolitan Police's motor vehicle crime squad and produced immediate results on a four-week decoy operation in East London.

When engineers respond to a reported gas leak or electrical fault on the national grid, they usually do so in a Ford Transit. That is set to continue for the next three years following an agreement between Britain's biggest utility, National Grid, and Ford.

A unique five-year fleet solution for the UK's leading chilled dairy food company, Dairy Crest, means an additional 1,000 adapted Ford Transit models will be delivering milk and other dairy products to 1.1 million households in the UK and Ireland.

Up-and-coming footballers in Scotland are now being transported to their fixtures in a fleet of six new Ford Transit minibuses. Walter Smith, Scotland’s national team manager, was at Hampden Park on the eve of his team's historic triumph over France, to accept the keys to the latest 17-seat minibuses to be delivered.

Ford of Britain is adding Electronic Stability Programme (ESP) as standard equipment to the New Ford Transit's comprehensive package of both active and passive safety features for 2007.

A new all-wheel-drive (AWD) Ford Transit has been revealed this week at the Hanover Commercial Vehicle Show in Germany. The AWD system automatically provides stepless torque flow to the front wheels when required on slippery surfaces.

The new Ford Transit has been awarded the prestigious title of 'International Van of the Year 2007'.

Scores of the new Ford Transit, launched just two months ago, have gone into service thanks to a major order from domestic heating manufacturer, Worcester, part of the Bosch Group.