Transit Connect to kick-start your business

Ford’s all-new Transit Connect has everything it takes to be the backbone of start-up businesses in South Africa.

The company’s latest commercial vehicle offering will bring small and start-up businesses a compact panel van with modern features and excellent safety.

Transit Connect, which was voted international van of the year 2014, will go on sale in South Africa next year, expanding the company’s commercial vehicle line-up in the country. The award-winning van will be joined by a bus variant, which will be fitted with Ford’s award-winning EcoBoost engines.

The Transit Connect bus will offer small business owners the choice of powerful, economical, and up-to-date drivetrains that will reduce fuel costs.

The three-time international engine of the year, award-winning 1.0-litre EcoBoost will be offered in the Ambiente and Trend variants, producing 74kW Titanium models will offer a 1.6-litre petrol engine, which produces 110kW. A diesel drivetrain will also be on offer, producing 85kW.

The Transit Connect van, which also offers a 85kW diesel engine, has a payload of 1 000kg, 3.6 cubic metres of space, and a load bed that can accommodate items up to three metres long.

The compact panel van is ideal for inter-city deliveries and small businesses, and also features tie-down points to keep loads safe, along with a brightly-lit cargo area for easier loading.
Behind the wheel, Transit also boasts modern technologies such as parking sensors, a reverse camera, and Ford’s award-winning Sync voice-control system for smartphones. Safety also features highly, and the Titanium model is equipped with anti-lock brakes, electronic stability control as well as driver, passenger, side, and curtain airbags.

In 2015 Africa’s flourishing entrepreneurs will be able to get access to a range of commercial vehicles that suit them.