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Transit volume Transporter engine boost by Toby Clark • Ford will launch a true high-roof version of the Transit in May, offering 12m3 (SAE) of load volume. The Transit "High Cube" is based on the extended-wheelbase chassis-platform, at 3.5 or 4M tonnes GVW, with a steel roof section and rear doors. Motor Panels of Wigan makes the conversion.
The current high-roof, long-wheelbase Transit 190 has a load volume of 10.1m3 (SAE). The new model responds to largevolume front-wheel-drive vans such as the new Sevel (Fiat/Citroen/Peugeot) models, and takes up some of the Iveco Daily territory. The 3.5-tonne version will be available with single or dual rear wheels, with a payload of around 1,500kg on single wheels. The 4.0tonne model, with dual rear wheels offers a 1,850kg payload. Both models use Ford's "100PS" (74kW/ 99hp) 2.5-litre DI turbodiesel.
The new model has 1,900mm internal height, 31mm more than the current "high-roof", but retains the existing model's rear doors, giving a loading aperture 1,767nun high and 1,540mm wide; the nearside loading door is standard height, The loadspace is one of the longest in its class, at 3,760mm.