{"id":7335,"date":"2015-04-14T14:16:03","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T14:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=7335"},"modified":"2015-04-14T14:16:03","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T14:16:03","slug":"in-the-time-it-takes-you-to-read-this-someone-will-buy-a-ford-transit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/7335","title":{"rendered":"In the time it takes you to read this, someone will buy a Ford Transit"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FordThe Transit\u00a0nameplate celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, and according to Ford, more than 8 million Transit and Transit Custom units have now been sold, meaning that on average,\u00a0one new\u00a0Transit has been sold every 180 seconds for the last 50 years!<\/p>\n

Lined up end-to-end, 50 years of Transits would circle the globe, but the latest expanded Transit line-up features four all-new models \u2013 Transit, Transit Custom, Transit Connect and Transit Courier — not just one.<\/p>\n

As a two-time Transit owner myself, I’ve done my bit — but collectively, these vans are boosting demand for Ford commercial vehicles, with sales at an all-time high in March up 43 per cent at 16,497, compared with March 2014.<\/p>\n

“The Ford Transit has touched the lives of most of us,\u201d said Mark Ovenden, chairman and managing director, Ford of Britain. \u201cFrom house moves to moving people, the Ford Transit is an essential tool to get the job done. It has become a mobile office or workshop for some \u2013 and loved by us all.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"FordThe Transit has evolved considerably over the years,\u00a0with a range of bodystyles, plus technical advances such as\u00a0side-loading doors, radial ply tyres and halogen headlights, to direct injection diesel engines, high security locks and\u00a0standard anti-lock brakes.<\/p>\n

In addition to this, there have also been a number of one-offs and specials, most notably the Cosworth V8-powered Supervans (Supervans\u00a01 and 2<\/a>, 3<\/a> and 4<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The success of the Transit has seen production expand beyond Europe, including facilities in Nanchang, China.<\/p>\n

In 2014 the Transit entered North America for the first time, with the all-new two-tonne Transit being built in Kansas City, Mo, as part of Ford’s drive to standardise its model range across the globe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every 180 seconds for the last 50 years, a new Transit has been sold, somewhere in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[548],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7335"}],"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=7335"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7337,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7335\/revisions\/7337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}