Test drive Ford Transit Connect 2009 - 2010

To please everyone

Light commercial transport becomes more and more like cars, both in external design and in technical equipment. A living confirmation of the new Ford Transit Connect and Tourneo Connect. Their exterior was adjusted to the general corporate style preaching kinetic design, and in their technical characteristics and options they are not inferior to Ford car models.
The changed front bumper and the grill received a trapezoidal shape typical for Ford Europe. New headlights, rear lights, lateral moldings, alloy wheeled wheels refreshed and modernized the angular exterior of Connect. Meanwhile, the character characteristic of a kind of courageous strong man, not afraid of hard work, is still read in his authorship.
The interior has changed too. The design of the dashboard is modified under the obvious influence of the Ford S-MAX key representative of the line of large cars Ford Europe of increased comfort. The combination of devices and the steering wheel Transit/Tourneo Connect reflect the kinship of these models with the new Ford Fiesta. And if, at the wheel of a TRANSIT CONNECT purebred merchant with its all-metal body and protective steel grill (located behind the driver’s back), it’s hard to forget that you are in a rebellious heel, then a persistent feeling arises in the Tourneo Connect driver: you are in a passenger car as if Comfort and controllability.
All Transit/Tourneo Connect models are offered with an electronic exchange stability program (ESP). The motor line consists of a 1.8-liter Duratorq TDCI engine in three modifications: 75 liters. With. and a torque of 175 Nm, with a capacity of 90 liters. With. (220 Nm at 1750 rpm. With. at 3500 vol./min. (Max. Twisting 250 Nm at 15003200 vol./min.; 280 Nm Overboost). Thanks to the turbine with a variable geometry, this engine with a combined cycle consumes 6 liters of fuel per hundred. All engines are combined with a five -speed mechanical transmission. By the way, the KP operates flawlessly.
The family of commercial cars in Connect includes many varieties of the body that differ in configuration, wheeled bases (2664 mm or 2912 mm) and carrying capacity (from 592 kg to 902 kg). The new Connect is ready to please not only businessmen, but also become an indispensable assistant in a large family. For example, a five -seater Tourneo Connect real dream of a housewife with two children. And you can feed children on the way, and it’s a pleasure to go for products!
 
 
  
 
 

Source: Cars