Mk 8 Transit

[awaz bluevdub]

Has anyone got any information on the impending release of the Mk 8 Transit.?

I am seriously after buying a Trend mwb/ low roof 140 , but have heard that there could be a new model on the way, wud be just my luck to order a new van only to find the replacement has come out before I get mine as it is a custom build, with a good few toys on, and also Metallic Blue with a tailgate.

Any info would be appreciated

[ake]

Its coming but we dont know when, as far as I am led to believe its just a face lift of the MK7, but they are dropping the 2.4litre engines

[Scotty86]

according to what van mag 2013 aswell as the mk4 connect

[Honey monster]

Hope they get rid of the fish face on the new connect.

[awaz bluevdub]

according to what van mag 2013 aswell as the mk4 connect

Hmmmmmmmmmmm well may as well go order my mk7 I suppose.

[Scotty86]

Hope they get rid of the fish face on the new connect.

all new design apparently, based on the new focus...and there's nothing wrong with the mk3s front

[blue estate]

Hope they get rid of the fish face on the new connect.

all new design apparently, based on the new focus...and there's nothing wrong with the mk3s front

no just the whole mk3 focus looks pants

[Scotty86]

meant the mk3 connect

[awaz bluevdub]

Hope they get rid of the fish face on the new connect.

all new design apparently, based on the new focus...and there's nothing wrong with the mk3s front

According to What van, the whole Van range is going to be replaced, here is the write up from the What Van mag,

Ford has confirmed what UK boss Nigel Sharp called the firm’s “biggest ever investment” in a completely renewed commercial vehicle line-up over the next three years.

All-new Transit and Transit Connect vans will join the new Ranger pick-up that arrives next year, while the Fiesta Van will get a mid-life refresh alongside its car donor vehicle.

The all-new Transit is still a couple of years away and will continue in both front- and rear-wheel drive form, but the current version also gets a new line-up of engines to meet the Euro5 regulations coming in at the end of this year. “The engineers have crawled over the drivetrain and delivered big improvements in fuel economy,” said Sharp. There is also a new long-wheelbase version of the more efficient Econetic Transit, which Ford claims would save operators £1600 in fuel over 80,000 miles. In addition to the engine changes, Ford is pushing service intervals out to 30,000 miles and two years.

The new Connect has an interesting job, because Ford insiders admit that the current model is “a little heavy and expensive, and not the most fuel efficient.”

“We’ve got tremendous heritage and reliability but maybe this is not what all of the industry looks for,” our contact told What Van? “Our biggest weakness, the segment where we’ve got to increase Ford’s share, is the light sub-1tonne which used to be the domain of the Ford Escort van.”

The next Transit Connect will also have an Econetic version, as the current drivetrainsa re replaced by those more suited to a low-emission version.

[75psT330lwb]

£1600 in 80,000miles u avin a laugh