For the past 2 1/5 years I have been driving a Vauxhall Movano but recently I have been forced to switch from my Movano to the new Ford Transit van and was rather hesitant to say the least! I really enjoyed driving the Movano and after taking a cursory look at the Transit I was definitely NOT impressed. The steering wheel feels smaller than my Mitsubishi Colts one and the seats are not as comfortable as the Movano. It engine is also louder than the Movano and although in the literature it say you get around the 30-40 mpg you will be lucky to get 29-32 mpg! I have stated how I was adamant that I would resist this new vehicle being forced upon ...  Read the complete review

A few months ago I had my first chance to drive a van “in anger” – something I always wanted to do, ever since, at the age of 5, I rode in the cab of a late 70’s Transit Luton van driven by my dad when we moved house. Then, a few years ago the band I played in had transport in the shape of an H-reg Transit LWB minibus, but this one had somehow sneaked out of the factory games with a Granada 2.9-litre V6 engine. This thing absolutely flew (although it was limited to 88mph because the tyres couldn’t take anything faster) and sounded like, of all things, a VW Beetle on steroids. So, when I moved to Guernsey in August 2002, I decided to hire a ..  Read the complete review

I drive a new, front wheel drive, short wheel base transit. The front wheel drive format increases space in the rear significantly, by lowering the floor approximately 100mm over rear wheel drive variants. The space in the back is, of course, enormous - it's a van, after all. What surprised me most when I first drove it was how quiet it is, though this is improved by the bulkhead seperating the cab from the loadspace. On variants without the bulkhead, the noise reverberates around, but it's still not bad; you can talk comfortably at 70mph. Another thing which is not usually associated with vans is driving pleasure, but the transit provides it, ...  Read the complete review