Let's talk about the new Ford Transit Van
Anything Ford Transit Van related. What up-fitters are going to build on it, gas/diesel, mileage, tire size, seats, floor plans, sizes, etc. All I ask is to keep it about the Ford Transit Van.
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I don't intend to nitpick on the Sprinter, but it is the gold standard for Euro-vans as of now in the US, so the new arrivals have to be matched to something.
Interesting... a loaded Sprinter with a similar configuration is $3000 more if comparing MSRP to MSRP by those results. Drop the diesel, and that becomes around $10k. Drop some fancy options and the diesels are almost identical in price.
I wonder how street prices will end up on this. If it is too close to the Sprinter, it might be that we will see the exact same thing that is going on in Europe where the mainstay of "B"s ends up being ProMasters, while the higher end models ending up Sprinters.
-edited- The top end ProMaster gasser is ~$36,000, which puts it in line with the Transit gasser, assuming it MSRPs around $39k.
I'm sort of surprised at how small the price gap is between the models, but there are a ton of variables, such as what options one has and other things. I'd probably say it won't be price that determines the van, but other things like dealer incentives, fleet purchases, and the ability to get at/near invoice without too much rigmarole.
Interesting... a loaded Sprinter with a similar configuration is $3000 more if comparing MSRP to MSRP by those results. Drop the diesel, and that becomes around $10k. Drop some fancy options and the diesels are almost identical in price.
I wonder how street prices will end up on this. If it is too close to the Sprinter, it might be that we will see the exact same thing that is going on in Europe where the mainstay of "B"s ends up being ProMasters, while the higher end models ending up Sprinters.
-edited- The top end ProMaster gasser is ~$36,000, which puts it in line with the Transit gasser, assuming it MSRPs around $39k.
I'm sort of surprised at how small the price gap is between the models, but there are a ton of variables, such as what options one has and other things. I'd probably say it won't be price that determines the van, but other things like dealer incentives, fleet purchases, and the ability to get at/near invoice without too much rigmarole.
