{"id":3572,"date":"2012-07-27T15:02:04","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T15:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=3572"},"modified":"2012-07-27T15:02:04","modified_gmt":"2012-07-27T15:02:04","slug":"ford-transit-custom-enters-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/3572","title":{"rendered":"Ford Transit Custom Enters Production"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Production of the new Ford Transit Custom and Tourneo Custom models is now underway at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/brentwood\">Brentwood<\/a>-based firm&#8217;s Turkish factory.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<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 in production<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The engines for the new models are made at Ford&#8217;s Dagenham plant. Both models are powered by Ford&#8217;s latest 2.2-litre Duratorq diesel engine, which comes in 100PS, 125PS or 155PS versions and offers class-leading fuel consumption of 42.8mpg (Transit Custom) and 43.5mpg (Tourneo Custom).<\/p>\n<p>The arrival of the Transit Custom van and Tourneo Custom people mover marks the first step in a complete transformation of Ford\u2019s global commercial vehicle range by the end of 2013.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Transit Custom is a completely new kind of one-tonne vehicle from Ford,\u201d said Stephen Odell, chairman and CEO, Ford of Europe. \u201cThis is a stylish, modern van that customers will be proud to have on their driveway, with the hard-working attitude that they expect from a Transit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Tourneo Custom is a fantastic-looking people mover \u2013 inside and out. It offers outstanding day-to-day, real world practicality as well as being great to drive,\u201d added Odell.<\/p>\n<p>The new Transit Custom sits between the smaller Transit Connect and the larger Transit van in Ford\u2019s commercial vehicle line-up; and is also offered as an eight- or nine-seat people-mover, the Tourneo Custom.<\/p>\n<p>The chassis dynamics have been developed to offer a rewarding driving experience in both models, while car-like interiors and stylish modern exteriors are aimed at broadening the iconic Ford Transit appeal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ford&#8217;s new Transit Custom and Tourneo Custom models have entered production at the company&#8217;s factory in Turkey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[1482,1522,1521,49,1460],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3572"}],"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=3572"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3574,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3572\/revisions\/3574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}