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Van of the Day: April 1, 2013; Hongwell '01 Ford Transit
Topic Started: Apr 1 2013, 12:14 AM (1,083 Views)
Dean-o-mite
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Today's car of the day is Hongwell's 2001 Ford Transit.


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The Ford Transit is a range of panel vans, minibuses, and pickup trucks, produced by the Ford Motor Company in Europe. The Transit has been the best-selling light commercial vehicle in Europe for 40 years, and in some countries the term "Transit" has passed into common usage as a generic term applying to any light commercial van in the Transit's size bracket. Although the Transit name has been in use by Ford since 1953, the first definitive Transit platform was launched in 1965. Since then, six million Transits have been produced across three basic platform generations (first debuting in 1965, 1986 and 2000, respectively), with various facelift models of each, carrying various generation and model designators depending on market.



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For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: Ford Transit


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Although other toy makers, including Matchbox, have made the generations of Transit models prior to, and after, Hongwell remains the only toy maker I know of, to offer the 2001-2006 version. The detailing is superb, and those are simulated rubber tires it is riding on.


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The next Transit, introduced in July 2000, was the third all-new design, and borrowed styling cues from Ford's "New Edge" designs like the Focus, and Ka. Developed by Ford in the United States, the main innovation is that it is available in either front- or rear-wheel drive. Ford nomenclature makes this the V184 (rear-wheel-drive) or V185 (front-wheel-drive) model.



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This model features the "Puma"-type Duratorq turbo diesel engine also used in the 2000 Mondeo and Jaguar X-Type, with the petrol versions moving up to the 2.3 L 16-Valve edition of the straight-4 engine. With this engine, the Transit can reach 60 mph in 21 seconds and reach a top speed of 93 miles per hour, returning it to car-like performance as claimed for the earliest models. A demonstration of this model's speed was shown on Top Gear in 2005, where German race driver Sabine Schmitz attempted to drive it around the Nurburgring in under ten minutes, matching Jeremy Clarkson's time in a turbodiesel Jaguar S-Type; she was unsuccessful, but only by a few seconds.



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Me likey!
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Stampede
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I think I have one that is made by Premier Collectables, in 1/43 scale, in Hong Kong Police livery. I'll post pics of it in the near future.
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I'd be interested in seeing the 1/43, if you get a chance!
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Hongwell did also cast a cargo van version of the Transit:
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Apr 2 2013, 12:01 AM
I'd be interested in seeing the 1/43, if you get a chance!
For sure! I'll let you know when I post it, probably in bay 9 soon.
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Support your local demo derby.

The Transit in short time has become one of my favorite subject models in small scale. Hongwell did a nice job of offering specifically made wheels for their models.
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Correction: My 1/43 transit is not made by Premier Collectables, rather Unique Replicas.

Link to my post here:

http://swiftysgarage.net/topic/7039424/1/
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Wow! That van looks stellar! I'm always a sucker for an amazing Ford Transit.

I need to expand my collection to different manufacturers!
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