The connect presents with a practical design and driving dynamics along with Duratorq engines
The all-new Transit Connect compact van isn’t the tiniest version of Transit in the UK, it has a good practical design and most modern driving dynamics of the Ford motor company. The connect remains the smallest version of the Transit family till 2014, then the even smaller version the Transit came in under the nameplate of the Transit Courier. The connect was actually built for the small businesses like plumbing services and small mobile vans. The all-new Transit Connect has been introduced with the most modern Ford engine technology. The powerful yet fuel economical Duratorq Ford TDCi engines offered with utmost practicality.
What is it?
The Transit connect is quite a compact van which has a practicality of a larger van and the economy of a smaller tiny car. It has many direct competitors in the market including Volkswagen Caddy, Fiat Dublo, Renault Kangoo, and Citroen Berlingo. It is clear that Ford is facing a massive market in the UK but they have an excellent strategy to lead the market. The top hatchback in the UK is a Ford vehicle, in the vans segment there is again Ford dominating the market.
Ford offers a massive range of models in the UK, where only Transit has 350 variations in the UK and it keeps the crown of being the best vans. The Transit remains the UK’s favourite light commercial van for decades and it still has the same position.
Ford Transit Connect Engines
When it comes to Ford, it always offers a bunch of engines with an excellent array of technologies and refinements. The Transit Connect engines are excellent power units and there are hundreds of garages out there who offer reconditioned Ford Transit connect engines for sale in UK. The Transit Connect diesel engines are the best power units for the longer driving distances and everyday driving. They are efficient, fuel economical and ultra-refined engines with loads of torque. There is Ford Transit petrol engine options available for the petrol lovers and Ford has introduced the most modern engine technologies on the petrol lineup as well. The reason behind to give refresh packages across the range is elevated carbon emission standards across the UK and Europe.
The EcoBoost engine technology has been offered on the most modern petrol engines however the Ecoblue technology has been offered for ultra-refined performance. All the vans are offered with these technologies, however, when it comes to the transmissions, Ford offers six-speed manual transmissions as standard while the automatic transmissions are on its way very soon. The ultra-modern and exclusively refined ECOnetic engines also there with the lowest fuel consumption and a van with ECOnetic engines is just like a car.
Ford Transit Connect Engines
Ford Transit connect offers Ford Duratorq engines 1.6-Litre displacement and several power outputs. There are three power variations where a TDCi75 offers 74bhp, TDCi95 offers 94bhp and TDCi115 are capable of making 113bhp. An even fuel economical version Ford EcoBoost engines are also there, it is a 1.0-Litre EcoBoost petrol engine makes the petrol lovers smile. Ford Transit replacement engines are available across the UK and it is not that tough to buy a replacement engine now. The lowest fuel economy on any engine that has been recorded is 52 miles per gallon which are not that bad for a commercial van when an average hatchback has similar stats in the UK. The diesel engines have even refined performance and they offer fuel economy of 57 miles per gallon to 72 miles per gallon in different variations. All this fuel economy restricts the carbon emissions to 105g/km to 125g/km.