1978 Ford Transit




Mk: 2

Class: Van / MPV

Origin: UK United Kingdom

Vehicle Deleted From Game
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AU Silnev photo_librarymode_comment

2021-11-23 16:03
Auto-Friki wrote

So by that rule of three, ALL VIDEO GAMES featuring the Transit (up to 2013) should be listed as being made in the UK. That also includes the Transit Rally Van and the Transit Supervan.


origin =/= where the car is made.


UK Tuppence870 photo_librarymode_comment

2021-11-23 14:57
Auto-Friki wrote

Knowing that most generations of the Transit were manufactured in the factory in Germany, from which generation did the Transit begin to be manufactured in Turkey? in the sixth generation?

The main Transit model was never actually built in Germany (only the Taunus Transit was). The Transit factory timeline looks a bit like this:

Germany (Taunus Transit): 1953-1965
United Kingdom: 1965-2013
Belgium: 1965-2003
Australia: 1966-1986
New Zealand: 1966-1986
Turkey: 1967-present
South Africa: 1967-1974
The Netherlands: 1975-1981
China: 1997-present
Belarus: 1997-2000
Vietnam: 1998-present
Romania (Transit Connect): 2002-2013
Russia: 2011-present
Spain (Transit Connect): 2012-present
United States: 2013-present

It gets complicated, and I haven't even mentioned how the current Transit is both the 4th generation and the Mk 9 because of how different markets called the mid-gen facelifts.

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FR SolanaBogon2 photo_librarymode_comment

2021-11-23 10:08
Auto-Friki wrote

Does that mean that the majority of European Ford models (Focus, Fiesta, Mondeo, Transit, etc) are manufactured directly in the factory in Turkey, instead of in Germany?

No, only the Transit


UK Tuppence870 photo_librarymode_comment

2021-11-23 02:35
Auto-Friki wrote
Was not the first generation made in Germany?

Ford is complicated, since they make many vehicles that aren't sold in their home country.

Ford Europe was created when Ford Britain & Ford Germany merged in 1967. Although they are currently based in Germany, they have factories across Europe, and many of their older models have strong British heritage.

The original Transit was developed by Ford Britain in 1965, but was later built in Belgium, The Netherlands & Turkey. The Transit was also the last Ford to be built in Britain, after production was permanently moved to Turkey in 2013.

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