As promptly, in a businesslike way, it operates in the company Ford Commercial Department. Only in early March, at the Geneva Motor Show, they presented the Tourneo concept car, only responsible for the development of the entire commercial line of Ford — Paul Randle, and the chief designer Barry Gail, talked about the global ambitions of this brand in the commercial transport segment, as the Americans have already presented new serial version of its minibus.
The Ford Tourneo serial model was presented in April at the Birmingham Exhibition of commercial cars, and very soon the novelty will appear on sale in European countries with Ford dealers, and then in the rest of the markets.
The new Tourneo is the first swallow in the updated line of minibuses Transit. As the company representatives said, in the process of creating a new generation, Transit paid much attention to design, since modern and not too utilitarian appearance is very important even for commercial vehicles. With all this, the new Tourneo will not appear in the American market, since Ford will create a separate line of the Transit model for the United States. Which will be created specifically for local buyers, given all their requirements and preferences, and on a completely different platform, which they promise to present a little later.
The engine line includes a strongly modified Duratorq TDCI diesel engine, a 2.2-liter working volume, and capacities 99, 123 and 153 liters. With. In various versions. All of them are aggregated with a new six -speed mechanical checkpoint, the start/stop system is already available in the basic configuration. Fuel consumption, according to the assurances of the car manufacturer, will not exceed 6.9l per 100 km of run.