Ford Transit Connect Waits Until 2012
All those plumbers, welders and satellite TV installers will have to wait until 2012 to get a Ford Transit Connect. Is this yet another sign of the coming Mayan Apocalypse? There’s some good news behind this shift – Ford Transit, which has been constructed in Turkey since it’s limited debut, will now be built on American Soil for 2013.
According to Automotive News: Ford will add Transit Connect production to either its Wayne, Michigan plant or its Louisville, Kentucky factory in 2012. That 2012 production shift coincides with Ford’s plan to retool the Wayne and Louisville plants to produce a new global, compact platform – the same that will underpin the 2013 Transit Connect.
Currently, the Turkey-based Transit Connect is built on the same frame as Europe’s Ford Focus. When it comes stateside (officially) a next generation skeleton will be used for these 2012 and 2013 models. Ford has yet to figure out a sales target for the Transit Connect, but it hopes to sell 60,000 units annually by the 2013.
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