Transit

Speedy, the tool and equipment hire company, has recently put to work a new fleet of Ford Transit vans at their 400 nationwide depots.  The 110 Ford Transit T350 Dropside Pick Up vans, which have cost Speedy near £2.8m, are equipped with raised safety bars on the sides and rear of the van in a bid to prevent the van user from falling when offloading.

Van and car maker, Ford has announced further prices increases - the fourth such rise this year alone.  Ford vans and Ford cars will undergo an average 2.7% price hike in a bid to stave off the affects of a weak pound; or so it is reported.  Indeed, MD of Ford of Britain, Nigel Sharp, said "price increases are still required to maintain a viable business and to recover relative cost increases caused by the weakness of the pound over an extended period."  This is depsite Ford reportedly having "reduced costs across its entire UK business, including personnel red

Northern Gas Networks (NGN) has opted to use the Ford Transit for their Emergency Response & Repair Crews.  NGN have ordered 134 MWB high roof Transits all powered by Ford's 2.4-litre 140hp engines.  Each vehicle will carry under-floor generators and compressors together with being fitted with load area racking and workbenches.  Ford has als

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According to Parkers.co.uk, a "quarter of all vans on the road in the UK are Transits, such is the popularity of the model."  Indeed, the term "transit" is now synonymous with "medium sized van" and is the yardstick against which all other vans and van makers are measured.