Ford Transit Forum

by **royspeed** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:45 pm

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-storie ... -20663069/

:shock:

Roy.

by **BigNeil** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:48 pm

that is bad news, however is it not due them not being able to deliver the product !!

by **Scotty86** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:48 pm

by **MrMPuk** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:50 pm

There has been loads of stories in the local papers about the plant and what it boils down to is Ford want to shut the plant.

by **FredTransit** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:01 pm

whoa! Very bad news! On the other hand if you charge that much and have poor customer service, what do you expect?

by **BigNeil** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:03 pm

i configurated my dream van yesterday on the ford site and the spec i required was coming in at £35,000 so this is expensive when i could get a different make for less.
:lol:

by **FredTransit** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:15 pm

BigNeil wrote:i configurated my dream van yesterday on the ford site and the spec i required was coming in at £35,000 so this is expensive when i could get a different make for less.

Basically that's aimed at big business that can offset the price against tax, the transit is no longer aimed at the ordinary individual working owner.

by **bigmastif** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:35 pm

bad news that :evil:

by **AndyG** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:27 pm

I'm thinking along the lines of MrMPuk :!:

You have to wait many months if you order a new van :!:

So this doesn't add up

by **transitgeoff** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:29 pm

of course they want to close it and they will ,look at Dagenham !! they can have the same product built abroad cheeper, i just dont know why i feel loyal to this crap brand :!:

by **MR BigBeefy LDV Guru** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:47 pm

transitgeoff wrote:of course they want to close it and they will ,look at Dagenham !! they can have the same product built abroad cheeper, i just dont know why i feel loyal to this crap brand

geoff you know you really want and deserve the ldv maxxus m8 just order one

by **I_hate_rust** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:06 am

I really do hate to say this and may be banished from this site for life :cry:

but here in Northern Ireland the van that I have as a daily driver made more business sense to buy as we couldn't get a Transit in same spec anywhere the same price, we did try!! And in the last 6-9 months we are seeing fewer new transits, just the big number of Mk5s :lol:

I suspect that Ford are feeling great competition in the small van sector and this is why they need to cut back.

by **madmark** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:44 pm

MR BigBeefy LDV Guru wrote:
transitgeoff wrote:of course they want to close it and they will ,look at Dagenham !! they can have the same product built abroad cheeper, i just dont know why i feel loyal to this crap brand

geoff you know you really want and deserve the ldv maxxus m8 just order one

beefy the maxxus is one of the nastyest vans on the road mate! have you drove one??????
i would rather have a vauxhall moveover!!!!! :wink:

by **MR BigBeefy LDV Guru** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:16 pm

madmark wrote:
MR BigBeefy LDV Guru wrote:
transitgeoff wrote:of course they want to close it and they will ,look at Dagenham !! they can have the same product built abroad cheeper, i just dont know why i feel loyal to this crap brand

geoff you know you really want and deserve the ldv maxxus m8 just order one

beefy the maxxus is one of the nastyest vans on the road mate! have you drove one??????
i would rather have a vauxhall moveover!!!!!

mark i have never drove one

and even as a ldv fan i have heard nothing positive about the maxxus so to tell the truth i wouldnt want one unless it was free of course