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It's a euro version and the wheels look much better than the alloys on mine.
https://youtu.be/59grnM4dciI
https://youtu.be/59grnM4dciI
Transit 150 Wagon on the Nurburgring!
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Agreed the wheels look better. Almost looks like it had an Ecoboost badge on the back doors. Probably a little diesel with a manual trans though.
I'd buy a stick with the 3.2 diesel if possible.
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Almost thought it was Sabine driving, but it's a dude. Would love to see a high roof do it. Love when the Porsche smokes the VW. Get outta the way!
Im wary of extending my exhaust on my diesel simply because of the high heat in regen mode, so close to all that plastic cladding on the body.
Im wary of extending my exhaust on my diesel simply because of the high heat in regen mode, so close to all that plastic cladding on the body.
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I'm pretty sure those are 18" rims with lower profile tires. They really improve the looks of the Transit, the stock alloys don't do it for me.
My 150 XLT handles exceptionally well with the tire pressures set to 45/60 (and the Continental tires). I've tossed it into some turns pretty hard and have been amazed at how well it corners. With an empty van and stock pressures it is a little squirrelly, and the rear end will skip out in a bumpy turn.
My 150 XLT handles exceptionally well with the tire pressures set to 45/60 (and the Continental tires). I've tossed it into some turns pretty hard and have been amazed at how well it corners. With an empty van and stock pressures it is a little squirrelly, and the rear end will skip out in a bumpy turn.
I run the same pressures with Hankook tires and also was amazed how well it handles. A big top heavy high roof van is not supposed to act this way. The handling was the biggest surprise with my change from the Sprinter to the Transit. And they did it without a rear sway bar. Congratulations to some unknown engineers for a job well done.
Saw this on the Sprinter forum.
That's not the Euro version. That's North American.
They don't sell low-roof Transits in Europe anymore. They've been replaced by the Transit Custom. That also has a different front-end from Euro full-size medium and high-roof models that they do sell there. Euro vehicles don't have turn signals positioned in the headlights. Pretty much our front end. Also, there's an Ecoboost badge on the back.
Plus, that's also left-hand drive.
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http://www.whatvan.co.uk/test-drives/first-drive/2013/first-drive-ford-transit-custom-sport
That's not the Euro version. That's North American.
They don't sell low-roof Transits in Europe anymore. They've been replaced by the Transit Custom. That also has a different front-end from Euro full-size medium and high-roof models that they do sell there. Euro vehicles don't have turn signals positioned in the headlights. Pretty much our front end. Also, there's an Ecoboost badge on the back.
Plus, that's also left-hand drive.
They already have that.
http://www.whatvan.co.uk/test-drives/first-drive/2013/first-drive-ford-transit-custom-sport
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Saw this on the Sprinter forum.
That's not the Euro version. That's North American.
They don't sell low-roof Transits in Europe anymore. They've been replaced by the Transit Custom. That also has a different front-end from Euro full-size medium and high-roof models that they do sell there. Euro vehicles don't have turn signals positioned in the headlights. Pretty much our front end. Also, there's an Ecoboost badge on the back.
Plus, that's also left-hand drive.
They already have that.
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http://www.whatvan.co.uk/test-drives/first-drive/2013/first-drive-ford-transit-custom-sport
Those wheels look like the ones in the video. I wonder if we can get them stateside?
Looks like maybe they swapped the wheels & tires from this Sport version to the test track vehicle at Nurburgring.
That's a Sport version of the Transit Custom, which they don't sell here.
The previous Transit Sport was simply a tuned low-roof Transit, which they stopped building outside of North America after the redesign.
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http://www.bestcarsin.com/ford/ford-transit-sport
The previous Transit Sport was simply a tuned low-roof Transit, which they stopped building outside of North America after the redesign.
http://www.bestcarsin.com/ford/ford-transit-sport
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