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Rolling up for a fwd Transit

2nd November 2000
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• by Peter Lawtee Ford has announced the list prices for the new front-wheel-drive Transit The range starts at £12,000 for the lowroof, short-wheelbase 260 with a 74hp turbo-diesel, and ends at £17,250 for a longwheelbase 300 medium-roof van with the more powerful 99hp DI turbo-diesel, In common with the rear-wheel-drive range already launched, Ford is highlighting value improvements of £1,000 over the old Transit with the inclusion of a driver's airbag and remote keyless central locking as standard, Although on-the-road charges for some cars have now been incorporated into the list price of the vehicles, commercial buyers will still have to factor these in when buying a Transit.

Assuming you dent live on the Channel Islands or the Isle of Wight, where delivery charges are higher, the cost of number plates, road fund licence, first registration fee and getting your van to the dealer comes to 1681.

While the rwd Transit comes with a 2.4litre turbo-diesel, the fwd range is fitted with a two-litre unit giving 74hp, or 99hp with the Tdi variant. Upgrading from the lower rated engine to the Tdi version costs £400. Gross vehicle weights for the fwd range are 2,455kg for the 260 through to 3,000kg for the 300. A long-wheelbase 280 van will be added in January.

Also to come at the beginning of next year are petrol-engined models suitable for conversion for LPG and CNG, and the Durashift automated manual transmission, These additions will complete the new Transit line-up.

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