Ford announced the start of production for the new Ford Transit Courier and the new Ford Tourneo Courier,\u00a0at Ford Otosan\u2019s Craiova plant, in Romania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe team in Craiova is doing great work to deliver these exciting new models to our customers,\u201d said Hans Schep, general manager, Ford Pro, Europe. \u201cWe\u2019ve made the all\u2011new Transit Courier bigger, more capable and fully connected to support customers at work and accelerate their productivity, with enhanced load carrying and full integration with our Ford Pro platform of software and services. All this comes in an SUV-styled package that we know customers love.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Initial production includes diesel- and petrol-engine versions of the all-new Ford Transit Courier, and petrol versions of the all-new Ford Tourneo Courier. The electric E-Transit Courier revealed earlier this year and E\u2011Tourneo Courier will both go into production next year. This supports Ford\u2019s global plan to rapidly scale EVs, as well as the target of achieving zero emissions across all vehicle sales in Europe, by 2035.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The all-new Transit Courier is fully integrated with Ford Pro\u2019s platform of software and connected services to further drive efficient operation with management tools from Ford Pro Software. E-Transit Courier customers will also be fully supported by Ford Pro\u2019s end-to-end charging solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A ceremony to mark the start of production was attended by Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu as well as state officials, industry representatives, and prominent business figures. Ford Otosan \u2013 Ford\u2019s joint venture in T\u00fcrkiye \u2013 is the manufacturing hub for the Ford Transit Courier and Ford Tourneo Courier ranges, which began at the company\u2019s Yenik\u00f6y plant, in T\u00fcrkiye, in 2014. As part of Ford Otosan\u2019s investment strategy, Transit Courier and Tourneo Courier production was moved from Yenik\u00f6y to the Craiova plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last year, Ford Otosan announced an investment of \u20ac490 million to support the production of the all-new Courier range at its newly acquired Craiova plant. This is in addition to Ford\u2019s investment of $300 million at the plant where the Ford Puma is also produced. With these investments, the plant capacity will increase from 250,000 to 272,000 vehicles per year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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