{"id":3496,"date":"2012-07-18T19:58:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-18T19:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=3496"},"modified":"2012-07-18T20:00:57","modified_gmt":"2012-07-18T20:00:57","slug":"new-ford-transit-custom-has-best-loadspace-in-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/3496","title":{"rendered":"New Ford Transit Custom Has Best Loadspace In Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3497\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3497\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3497\" title=\"Ford Transit Custom\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ford-transit-custom-1-sm-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ford-transit-custom-1-sm-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ford-transit-custom-1-sm.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new Ford Transit Custom is now on sale<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>The new Ford Transit Custom has now gone on sale, with first deliveries expected in November.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/3232\">new Ford Transit Custom<\/a> will offer the biggest loadspace in the one-tonne class, according to Ford, which says it will be bigger and better than any previous model, offering:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>6m\u00b3 SAE on short wheelbase model, 6.8m\u00b3 on LWB model<\/li>\n<li>Widest side-loading door opening (1030mm)<\/li>\n<li>Biggest width between wheel arches (1390mm)<\/li>\n<li>Can carry three Euro pallets in SWB model (not possible in current Transit)<\/li>\n<li>Load-through hatch to passenger compartment for long loads (e.g. pipes)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/brentwood\">Brentwood&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0finest will also offer a rather plush-looking cab, as this photo shows &#8212; it&#8217;s worlds apart from my Mk6 Transit!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3499\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3499\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3499\" title=\"Ford Transit Custom interior\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ford-transit-custom-10-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Ford Transit Custom interior\" width=\"400\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ford-transit-custom-10-sm.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ford-transit-custom-10-sm-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Driver and passenger space in the new Transit Custom<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Not just a pretty face!<\/h3>\n<p>Ford says that the new model is ready for use in any global market and has undergone a thorough and demanding testing regime. Kevin Strutt is supervisor CV durability, Ford of Europe:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe Transit Custom may look stylish and car-like, but that doesn\u2019t mean that we\u2019ve given it an easier time during development and testing. The Transit has a hard-earned reputation for bullet-proof reliability, and we\u2019re confident the new model will follow in the same tradition.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The testing regime includes the &#8216;Trailer Tow General Durability&#8217; test which condenses ten years&#8217; use into six months of 24\/7 testing, much of it with a fully-laden trailer. Other tests the Transit has passed include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maximum speed \u201cAutobahn\u201d test simulating non-stop flat-out German Autobahn driving for two months<\/li>\n<li>Low-speed, stop-start city drive cycles to simulate the toughest urban delivery conditions, to prove out clutches, transmission, brakes and the latest Auto-Start-Stop technologies<\/li>\n<li>Various extreme transmission tests such as \u201cshift cycle\u201d and \u201chot-rod\u201d for the shift mechanism, and the \u201cbump-stop\u201d test that uses aggressive clutch engagement to introduce very high loads into the gearbox<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFigure of Eight\u201d test, which lasts over a month, puts the wheels, hubs, bearings and steering gear through their paces<\/li>\n<li>Front doors were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/3358\">slammed 250,000 times<\/a> to test for durability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can&#8217;t accuse them of lacking imagination! I can&#8217;t wait to see one on the road. Any chance of a loan, Ford?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The all-new Ford Transit Custom is now on sale and will offer the biggest loadspace ever in a one-tonne \/ SWB van, according to Ford.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[123,49,1460,386],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3496"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3496"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3504,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3496\/revisions\/3504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}