{"id":4143,"date":"2013-01-09T19:13:37","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T19:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=4143"},"modified":"2013-01-09T19:13:37","modified_gmt":"2013-01-09T19:13:37","slug":"ford-transit-custom-provides-clear-vision-for-window-cleaner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/4143","title":{"rendered":"Ford Transit Custom Provides Clear Vision For Window Cleaner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4144\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4144\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4144 \" title=\"Andrew Wilkinson of H2O Cleaning Contractors takes delivery of the First Ford Transit Custom sold in the UK\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/ford-transit-custom-h20-cleaners-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew Wilkinson of H2O Cleaning Contractors takes delivery of the First Ford Transit Custom sold in the UK\" width=\"260\" height=\"268\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrew Wilkinson of H2O Cleaning Contractors takes delivery of the First Ford Transit Custom sold in the UK<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>The first all-new Ford Transit Custom sold in the UK has been put to work by a high-tech window cleaning service.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Andrew Wilkinson, owner of H2O Cleaning Contractors in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/lincoln\">Lincoln<\/a>, bought \u2013 and drove away the same day \u2013 a Ford Transit Custom from Evans Halshaw Ford dealership, making him the first customer to take delivery of Ford\u2019s award-winning van.<\/p>\n<p>The Transit Custom is well-suited to independent vehicle operators\u2019 offering strong residual values, a five-star Euro NCAP safety rating and class-leading load-carrying ability. The vehicle comes with the improved 2.2-litre Duratorq TDCi engine available with Auto-Start-Stop, which provides class-leading fuel economy and CO<sub>2<\/sub> emissions from 178g\/km.*<\/p>\n<p>Andrew said: \u201cI am very impressed with how the Ford Transit Custom has been engineered and the large payload it can carry, meeting our need to carry a half-tonne water tank in the back.\u00a0 It drives more like a car than a van and the fuel economy I\u2019m getting is excellent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>David Petts, Ford Britain Transit marketing manager, said: \u201cThe new Transit Custom offers a complete package to a wide range of customers and we are delighted to add H2O Cleaning to them. Its fresh looks, innovative design features and attention to detail, combined with its car-like interior and driving dynamics make it an attractive purchase.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Transit Custom is the first of several Ford commercial vehicle models to be introduced that will form a whole new line-up by 2014. It features a number of new loadspace features such as the load-through hatch in the bulkhead for extra-long items, and the integrated roof rack which can be folded away when not in use. The driver also benefits from the latest Ford technologies such as Lane Keeping Aid and Ford SYNC.<\/p>\n<p>The new Transit Custom range is available from \u00a317,495.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first Ford Transit Custom sold in the UK has been handed over to window cleaner Andrew Wilkinson, who runs Lincoln-based H2O Cleaning Contractors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[1460],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4143"}],"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=4143"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4145,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4143\/revisions\/4145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}