![]() ![]() In addition, big advances were made in camera-driven safety and media connectivity. For those wanting even more efficiency, a frugally-orientated 'Econetic' version provided it, plus Plug-in petrol/electric hybrid tech was developed too. If you know this product, you might notice the sharper styling, but what was more important was what lay beneath the bonnet, an all-new range of 2.0-litre EcoBlue diesel engines that Ford said could save the average Transit Custom operator over £1,250 a year. ![]() Hence the need for the revised Transit Custom model range we're going to look at here. By this point though, the medium-sized LCV segment competition had raised its game, with all-new or substantially revised versions of every major rival threating the Blue Oval maker's UK commercial sector dominance. ![]() ![]() Here, that brought us a very competitive product indeed, something reflected by the fact that in its first four years on sale, over 206,000 Transit Custom models were sold, contributing to buoyant sales across a Transit line-up that by 2018 was in its 53rd year of LCV market leadership. In creating the Transit Custom - and the separate larger full-sized model that sold alongside it known merely as the 'Transit' - Ford finally changed its approach, recognising what its rivals had known for decades that the market segments for medium-sized and large LCVs are very different, each requiring a unique approach. The brand had never previously offered such a thing, expecting instead that one single large design could meet the needs of every business, providing it was available in enough shapes and sizes. 'Custom' used to be merely a Transit trim level but in 2012, Ford decided it should designate their newly-created medium-sized Transit model line. It's Ford's one-tonne van, competing in the key segment for medium-sized models, and in early 2018 the first generation model was improved significantly to create the LCV we look at here as a used buy. The Transit Custom is arguably the most important version of Britain's most important LCV model line. Transit models have ruled the British large LCV market for around half a century and products like this one are the reason why. The Transit Custom isn't Ford's largest Transit model line but it's an impressively versatile medium-sized LCV segment player that in first generation form was vastly improved in 2018, creating the product we're looking at here. ![]()
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