Ford Transit and Transit Connect voted as most reliable vans in 2008

Ford has reaped three significant awards from leading trade magazine, Fleet News. The Ford Transit, endorsed as “the backbone of Britain”, came out at the top of an industry reliability survey taken in excess of 150,000 commercial vehicles. Together with an additional runner-up award for the Ford Transit Connect, Ford won the designation as the Most Reliable Manufacturer.
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Htay7500 - 11/10/2008 9:29:32 PM

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Hopefully that comes stateside as part of muallys plan to bring the euro line-up.

Type707 - 11/11/2008 2:49:09 AM

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Wow...FORD???...Reliable???

truckman - 11/11/2008 3:36:35 AM

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Wow reliable, there is a first for everything,lol If it is economical I like it.

Whelan - 11/11/2008 9:09:17 AM

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If they brough this stateside it could really put some competition up again the Sprinter vans I see everywhere.

mercuryguy - 11/11/2008 10:32:52 AM

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I drove a Ford Aerostar for 10 years, 270,000 miles. No-repairs. I towed heavy trailers and hauled heavy loads with that vehicle.

It still ran perfect the day I traded it in. This vehicle simply could not be killed.

Carboy - 11/11/2008 11:39:29 AM

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Our Lincoln Navigator is a 2001 currently, with it's daily maintanance coming soon at 93,000 miles. Compared a 2008 Cadillac Escalade we rented in Florida, the car runs amazing. If there's one thing Ford's good at, it's realiablity in performance! As long as you care for it properly, it will run F O R E V E R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kpaxx - 11/11/2008 10:40:34 AM

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Every ford product I have owned has been reliable so this is no surprise.

mercuryguy - 11/11/2008 10:57:32 AM

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I'd like to see a passenger version. I'd like to pull the captain chairs when I need to move something big.

Vans are a handy thing to have especially if you go on a long trip and need rest for a while. Diesel sweetens the deal.

jt716 - 11/11/2008 3:16:51 PM

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The transit connect is coming to the US i think next year..not sure but FORD especially recently is very reliable and some say even more reliable than toyota!

mercuryguy - 11/12/2008 11:05:09 AM

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Mercury ranks No. 2 on JD Power for quality. Higher than Toyota and Cadillac.

People saying Ford is not good quality are stating false facts.

Not sure what they use for a benchmark. They likely use data from the Ford Escort years.