Ford plans to drop Transit parcel vans
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• Ford will drop the Transitbased parcel van from its catalogue when the facelifted Transit is launched next month. The parcel van is built to order for Ford's Special Vehicles Operation (SVO), based on a Transit chassis cab. The job was subcontracted to Dormobile.
Annual sales are around 400 and declining, says Ford; some buyers are apparently opting for high-roof Transits instead.
Ford will continue to make chassis available to outside coachbuilders for parcel van conversions.
D Ford is supplying 28 Transit ambulances to Surrey Ambulance service, representing more than half the county's emergency fleet.
They will be fitted with Ford's 2.9-litre vee-six fuel-injection petrol engines and A4LD automatic gearboxes and equipped with Mountain Range bodywork.
These are Surrey's first ambulances to be designed specifically for paramedic use.