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◊ 2013-04-28 10:17 |
Not British origin? |
◊ 2013-04-28 11:58 |
Expanding on robi's comment, this is in Kenya so the Transit is right hand drive, and RHD Transits from older generations are deemed to be British origin. |
◊ 2013-04-28 12:07 |
It is indeed origin British, as I mentioned before: /vehicle.php?id=511034 Was there a systematics with that? Has the German Transit-production started later? Or were LHD-versions also built in UK and sold in Continental Europe together with those from Köln? Hey, see, what's written in Wiki about the Transit! *quote* Produktionsstandorte Langley (Slough)Berkshire, Vereinigtes Königreich: 1965−1972 (Transit) Genk, Belgien: 1965−2000 (Transit) Obchuk, Weißrussland: 1997−2000 (Transit) Southampton, Vereinigtes Königreich: 1972-2013 (Transit) Gölcük (Kocaeli), Türkei: seit 1976 (Transit, seit 2002 Ford Transit Connect und seit 2012 Ford Transit Custom İnönü, Türkei: seit 1982 (T und Ⓜ) Hai Duong, Vietnam: seit 1998 (Transit) Nanchang, Volksrepublik China: seit 1996 (Transit 2006 und Transit 2008) Craiova, Rumänien: 2009-2013 (Transit Connect), seit 2013 Ford Transit Courier Wayne/Louisville, Vereinigte Staaten: seit 2012 (Transit Connect) Kansas City/Missouri, Vereinigte Staaten: seit 2013 Ford Transit (Nordamerika)/T-Serie Valencia,Spanien: seit 2013 (Transit Connect) *quote* This means, that there was never 1965+ Transits built in Köln oder other German Ford-plants! Is that correct? If yes, all "origin D"-tags at all Transits here, except the "FK 1000" and the "Taunus Transit" are wrong! Then we must list all European LHD-versions as "origin UK, built in B"! |
◊ 2013-04-28 14:04 |
Ford books usually claim the Transit was shared UK-D development project as the first attempt at joint management between Dagenham and Cologne, and the Capri was the 2nd. Other projects were allocated to one side or the other to be developed for both - eg Escort Mk1 was UK responsibility, Taunus TC1/Cortina Mk3 was D with UK handling only the Cortinaisation elements after D had done the major work. Also worth noting that all LHD Escort Mk1 production for Europe was Genk from early 68-late 69 - D only started production after nearly 2 years of Belgium. So there are lots of subtleties to try and juggle. If we wanted to be really accurate, LHD Transits should be "origin D, built in B" and then for consistency all 68-70 LHD Escort Mk1s "origin UK, built in B" and 71+ LHD Escort Mk1s "origin UK, built in D". But I think our present method of RHD origin across models being UK and LHD as D is more useful and easily understood. However, LHD European Transit Mk1s could become "origin D, built in B" if it is confirmed that there was no D production. |
◊ 2013-04-28 14:07 |
Exactly that is my question: is Wiki right or not about that? |
◊ 2013-04-28 14:28 |
Well all I can say is that German Wiki is not correct about another thing: They always forget the old Amsterdam plant which also produced Ford Transits for a couple of years: http://www.fordtranscontinental.nl/ The English language version, however, has it listed. -- Last edit: 2013-04-28 14:33:50 |
◊ 2013-04-28 17:49 |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Transit#1965.E2.80.931978 The Dutch assembling, but also nothing about any German production. |
◊ 2013-04-30 12:49 |
Yes, but I really think there wasn't any after the Ford FK 1000/1250/ Ford Taunus Transit was replaced. The Cologne plant was busy with passenger-car production while the Saarlouis plant didn't open before 1970 and originally only produced Escorts. |