IDEAL FIT FOR YOUR BUSINESS PLAN.
Its compact size and maneuverability make the Transit Connect Cargo Van ideal for working in tight spaces and congested areas. A wide variety of vocational upfits are available to match precisely the business you’re in. Whether you’re an independent owner-operator or the manager of a corporate fleet, going with the Ford Transit Connect is all about working as productively as you can.
TRANSIT CONNECT CARGO VAN
The 2018 Transit Connect Cargo Van is your ideal business tool with its compact size and best-in-class* maneuverability. Seating comfort makes it easy to spend hours a day at the wheel. It is also easily accessible from the side and rear doors to the cargo area, which has a best-in-class 87.3-in. flat load floor length (long wheelbase), a low floor height (under two feet), near-vertical walls, durable vinyl floor covering and cargo tie-down hooks. What’s more, the passenger seat back folds flat to serve as a writing surface or a platform for your laptop when the vehicle is properly parked.
*Class is Small Vans based on Ford segmentation. 36.1-ft. curb-to-curb turning diameter, short wheelbase.
TRANSIT CONNECT PASSENGER WAGON
The Transit Connect Passenger Wagon provides comfortable and efficient service on any length of trip. It offers the most flexible seating in its class*—plus optional BLIS®
(Blind Spot Information System) with cross-traffic alert (XLT and Titanium). Rear seats in the second-row, five-passenger short-wheelbase model can be folded or even removed for cargo space.** The long-wheelbase model carries six or seven people, with foldable rear seat backs for cargo.** Also, the first-row passenger seat back folds flat – to serve as a platform for a laptop when the vehicle is properly parked. Third-row seat delete is available for fleets.
*Class is Small Vans based on Ford segmentation.
**77.1 cu. ft. of storage space in short wheelbase model; 104.2 cu. ft. in long wheelbase model (with rear seat backs folded down).
MOBILE BUSINESS CARD
The modern design of the Transit Connect projects a professional image – one that will speak volumes about your business. Large side panels let you prominently display your company as a mobile business card with colorful, eye-catching graphics. Choose from a large selection of pre-set templates and graphics, professionally designed and installed, or have your own design created. For more information, go to fordcommercialgraphics.com.
MODERN INTERIOR
Convenience-oriented interior design starts with ergonomic instruments and controls. Tachometer and trip computer are standard, plus cruise control and a tilting/telescoping steering wheel. Places to put things include a first-row full-width overhead storage shelf, spacious glove box, and a front center console with cupholders and storage bin. Optional features include MyKey®
(which lets you customize vehicle settings such as speed and low-fuel warning), second-row aircraft-style overhead storage console (passenger wagon), and rear view camera available with select audio systems.
SWING-OUT REAR CARGO DOORS OR LIFTGATE
To suit your particular job needs, Transit Connect Cargo Van models offer you the choice of 180-degree 50/50 swing-out rear cargo doors (with no glass or available fixed glass) or a rear liftgate. The Transit Connect XL and XLT Passenger Wagon models also offer the 180-degree swing-out rear doors (with fixed glass) or a rear liftgate. The highest level, Titanium, comes with a liftgate only.
DUAL SLIDING SIDE DOORS
Standard dual sliding side doors make it easy to load or unload cargo, or for people to get in or out, especially in tight spaces. Side doors on the long-wheelbase van have four inches of additional opening width and more than two inches of additional opening height compared with the doors of its nearest competitor.*
*Class is Small Vans based on Ford segmentation.
IDEAL FOR VOCATIONAL UPFITS
Configure a Transit Connect Van with a vocational upfit that precisely matches your business. Available is anything from rooftop ladder racks, literature holders and storage cabinets to dividers, double floors, drawers, cargo management packages and many others. Your dealer can fill you in on all the details. For more information on the whole range of upfitting possibilities, visit the Upfit Configurator.
TAXI PACKAGE
The long-wheelbase Transit Connect XL Passenger Wagon offers the Taxi Package, which includes 180-degree swing-out rear cargo doors, exterior mirrors (manual-fold, power-adjustable, heated), power first-row windows with one-touch-up/-down and power second-row windows with one-touch-up/-down. This package also includes recessed second-row seat for additional leg room (no third-row seat), rear-seat climate control, electric rear window defroster, taxi upfit wiring harness and 12-volt powerpoint in front center console (front only).