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SidecarFlip
Aug 21, 2017Explorer III
tatest wrote:
All U.S. market Transits are rear wheel drive. While the Transit van is a unibody (as are the Sprinter and RAM Promaster), to make a chassis cab or cutaway both the Sprinter and Transit put the cab from the van on a frame.
The RAM Promaster is not a rebadged Sprinter. It is based on the Fiat Ducato van, with changes for the U.S. market, and manufactured in this market. To make a RV chassis from a Ducato, a special RV frame is attached to forward part of the van. This configuration has been very popular in Europe because it allows a motorhome to be built much closer to the ground, for a lower profile, lower CG vehicle yet having adequate interior height. U.S. manufacturers building on the Promaster do not necessarily take advantage of this, they may build higher to allow for tankage and storage space below floor level.
Interesting. My wife has a new Transit window van and it's front wheel drive and has no frame.... Next....
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