{"id":4072,"date":"2012-12-07T07:02:30","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T07:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=4072"},"modified":"2012-12-07T07:02:30","modified_gmt":"2012-12-07T07:02:30","slug":"ford-transit-custom-sport-van-a-new-van-for-the-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/4072","title":{"rendered":"Ford Transit Custom Sport Van: A New Van For The Boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_4073\" class=\"wp-caption  alignright\" style=\"width: 360px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4073\" title=\"Ford Transit Custom Sport Van\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ford-transit-custom-sport-van-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Ford Transit Custom Sport Van\" width=\"350\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ford-transit-custom-sport-van-sm.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/ford-transit-custom-sport-van-sm-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">The Ford Transit Custom Sport Van goes on sale early in 2013 &#8212; definitely one for the boss.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Ford&#8217;s previous Transit Sport Van and Transit Connect Sport Van proved very popular with self-employed traders and small businesses looking for a flagship van &#8212; and Ford is aiming to build on that success with the new Transit Custom Sport Van.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The new model will be powered b y a Dagenham-built 155PS 2.2-litre Duratorq diesel engine that delivers 385 Nm of torque.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/brentwood\">Brentwood&#8217;s<\/a> latest high-spec van will only be available in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/info.php?inforef=medium-van\">short wheelbase<\/a> with a 2.9 tonne gross vehicle weight and Ford says it will combine &#8220;strong performance with muscular styling and a bold colour-coded exterior&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The spec will include body-colour bumpers, side mirrors, door handles and body-side mouldings. The van will sit on 18-inch alloy wheels on low profile 235\/50 tyres, and the signature twin bonnet stripes in a contrasting colour.<\/p>\n<p>Inside, there will be partial leather trim combining Pewter seat fabric with charcoal black leather bolsters, and the latest interior technologies such as the Ford SYNC voice-activated, in-car connectivity package and a DAB audio system.<\/p>\n<p>The Transit Custom Sport Van will be available to order in early 2013. For more details visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ford.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ford&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ford has released details of the Transit Custom Sport Van model, the latst in its line of high-spec Transits aimed at small businesses and owner-drivers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[123,1460,1619,1620],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4072"}],"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=4072"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4075,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4072\/revisions\/4075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}