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Okay technically speaking, Ford says the Transit is the “best-selling cargo van nameplate” on the planet, meaning they’ve been selling a ton of these capable little guys for awhile, but hey, why argue over details.
The Ford Transit van was literally a game changer when it first hit the street in Britain in the 60s. It was one of those, “why didn’t I think of that"” answers to a question that was overlooked.
Up until the Transit, most delivery vans; the vehicle used for ‘the last mile’ of service, were big hulking things, no smaller than what you see UPS or FedEx still using.
In America, there’s not much of a problem. But in Europe, especially in the tight confines of inner-city London or Paris or the like, “normal” delivery vans are a real pain to work with. Enter the Ford Transit. In a lot of ways, it was sort of the first minivan, only for things, not people. It seemed as if one day, Ford Transits had sprouted up like mushrooms, seemingly everywhere at once. Transit has been the best-selling van in its segment in the United Kingdom since 1984, according to IHS Markit registration data. In the past 25 months, Ford’s commercial vehicle market share has grow from 10.8 percent to 12.9 percent in Europe, according to IHS Markit. Photo: Ford Motor Company.
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