In 2022...Transit=Kombi

"SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media" (silentbutnotreallydeadly) 06/20/2018 at 08:45 • Filed to: None

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Ford and VW have signed an MoU that suggests that some vans will soon be equal.

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And next...Ranger=Amarok?

Svend > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 06/20/2018 at 09:25

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So the VW Caddy and Ford Courier or Connect

VW Transporter and Ford Grand Connect or Custom

VW Crafter and Ford Transit

The Crafter and Transit aren’t much of an issue but the Caddy and Transporter to Courier, Connect and Custom should be interesting to see which way the new vehicles will lean too.

Transit > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 06/20/2018 at 10:59

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And the front page dropped the ball and decided that Harley bicycles was the lead story...

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Svend 06/20/2018 at 18:01

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My suspicions are that the next generation electric & hybrid platforms are the primary target for the MoU. So not so much about the way they look...Ford has most to gain here in terms of tech but VW will make the money given they already have such platforms.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Transit 06/20/2018 at 18:07

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To be fair...it is probably a deal more relevant to Europe, Asia and the Southern hemisphere.

North America doesn’t have a van culture and is sceptical of any ‘work’ vehicle with an engine of less than six cylinders and a 0 to 60 mph time more than six seconds.