Comments on: Ford announces Transit SportVan

By: Need4SSpeed

Need4SSpeed — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:59:19 +0000

I see these all over Europe, yeah I noticed this back in 06 when I was in Amsterdam and I took a picture of one and noticed that when the Fusion first came out that they must have taken the headlamps from this van and used them for the Fusion. Global parts bin raid! Cool looking Euro van!

By: RaineMan

RaineMan — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:38:51 +0000

Gimme a black one with some red rims…

A-Team baby!

By: JohnnyBlazE

JohnnyBlazE — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:29:44 +0000

MercMark was spot on… quality stuff!
Brendino, interesting view on cast lol… Carrey as Murdock I can defo see though… Mr T would have to come back as BA tho I can see others filling the role…

Right, now that new 4.something diesel v8 in LLN the other day? Drop THAT in the transit connect sportvan!

Not sure if the connect is RWD, but its actually too small for an A-Team van I think… The proper transits are RWD and good enough for a few assault rifles and RPGs

By: Brendino

Brendino — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:54:51 +0000

MercMark stole my line. If this is the new A-Team van, what is the new A-Team cast? I say Jim Carrey as Murdock, Tom Cruise as Face, Mr. T as B.A. (MAYBE Ice Cube), and perhaps an Mark Wahlberg kinda guy as Hannibal.

By: llun00

llun00 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:34:10 +0000

Stripes or no stripes, that little bugger looks pretty damn cool. What I’d really like to see is some faux wood paneling on the sides with a surf board rack on top. Now that would be uber-sweet.

By: elviososa

elviososa — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:13:16 +0000

I would want one to replace my pick up. hehe

By: jdasch1

jdasch1 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:39:55 +0000

Better than an Econoline E150 to trudge about. The engine we get here is a 2.0 liter 4 cyl gas. The diesel is for Europe. The ecoboost will make its way into this van by 2011. Then it will be quite the shocker for its utility value.

By: HemiRoadRunner

HemiRoadRunner — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:03:12 +0000

I doesn’t look that bad, maybe it’s the racing stripes…..

By: Arbiter

Arbiter — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:44:06 +0000

“Sporty and van is an oxymoron.”

So Google “Transit, the Supervan” and see what an F1 powered van looks like. No, not “sporty” at all.

Geez, the moron factor here just keeps increasing………………….

I suppose your Cavalier has a “sporty” fartcan exhaust?

By: bolex

bolex — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:37:05 +0000

damn, that little piece of shit actually looks cool.

By: autonut

autonut — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:41:44 +0000

I think I saw it in NYC auto show. It looked really cool as a cab and delivery van. It was actually displayed with appropriate/correct side steering, so I assumed it was German Ford. it also had only manual tranny in both models. I would buy this with diesel. it has torque as strong as Chevy/Ford smallish V6.

By: deutschetouring1337

deutschetouring1337 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:27:09 +0000

Didn’t FifthGear already say this like 5-6 months ago?

By: DeansterTJ

DeansterTJ — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:59:08 +0000

Looks fucking GREAT.

By: Bimmer

Bimmer — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:20:50 +0000

WTF? Everything with stripes now called Sport? And I don’t associate any VAN with SPORT, just not possible!

By: The Stig

The Stig — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:11:15 +0000

Sporty and van is an oxymoron.

By: Blakkarr

Blakkarr — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:31:24 +0000

If it weren’t for all the CUVs FORD is rolling out this would go over fairly well in the US.

By: xkr

xkr — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:47:57 +0000

bahh

By: LexusSoarer

LexusSoarer — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:42:06 +0000

How large (or small) is this thing in comparison to other vans? The article does not mention anything about size and it’s tough to tell the scale just by looking at that one picture.
I am assuming that it’s smaller than the Flex, unless Ford really is trying to compete with itself in a segment that only itself competes in…

By: MercMark

MercMark — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:42:10 +0000

New vehicle for the A-Team!

By: 400horseSS

400horseSS — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:09:04 +0000

Hey Hemi you get my Doritos

By: 400horseSS

400horseSS — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:06:35 +0000

Great now Ford is turning Fusion’s into vans.

By: jackjimturkey

jackjimturkey — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:03:26 +0000

^
It’s just an accord

By: Stinky007

Stinky007 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:01:59 +0000

Come on, Ford is putting white stripes on every underpowered diesel utility it has and labels it “Sport”! Hello, earth to Ford, SPORT=FAST! You call that econobox fast!? How about that “monster” of a Ranger!?
That is lame, and only works in the UK, where every diesel is a pseudo-sportscar and comes with everything a new-age diesel ricer would need: STRIPES!
I’m not kidding, check out the other manufacturer’s “special” edition diesel “sportscars”…

@johnnycanuck: the car is front-wheel drive.

By: HemiRoadRunner

HemiRoadRunner — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:51:39 +0000

How many slices of bread can fit in that toaster?

By: Blakkarr

Blakkarr — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:49:46 +0000

It’s a Dodge Sprinter, but smaller(?) had a Sprinter 2500 roll up next to me, I thought the thing was an RV. This looks to be the same but not a big as a UPS truck.

Look out! Here comes the next big thing: large crossover Vans!

By: ARMY Strong

ARMY Strong — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:47:56 +0000

i think they are rear wheel, cant be sure

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:43:30 +0000

My Gawd it’s the 1984 Dodge Caravan reincarnated with a blue oval instead of a pentastar. Tres chic. Anyone know if these are front or rear drive?

By: A4

A4 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:37:12 +0000

are we getting the diesel engine too?

By: jackjimturkey

jackjimturkey — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:36:25 +0000

looks like a tennis shoe

By: ARMY Strong

ARMY Strong — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:26:42 +0000

sweet, i’ll take on any time just for the hell of it