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FordTransit Connect

2002 – present United States Leisure activity vehicle 1 production year
Production2002 – present
Recorded originUnited States
ClassLeisure activity vehicle
Background

The Ford Transit Connect is a compact panel van manufactured and marketed by Ford since 2002. Developed by Ford of Europe, the model line replaced sedan-based vans with a dedicated commercial vehicle platform. The model line is the second-smallest vehicle of the Ford Transit range, positioned between the Ford Transit Courier LAV and the Ford Transit Custom LCV/MPV. In line with other Ford Transit variants, passenger-oriented models are marketed as the Ford Tourneo Connect with side windows and rear seats.

Text adapted from “Ford Transit Connect” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07

Chronology ledger

Dates with their meaning intact

Production chronology2002–open

Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.

Wikipedia lead ↗1 year
US EPA model years2010–2011

Model years represented in FuelEconomy.gov; a US-market observation, not a worldwide production range.

EPA FuelEconomy.gov ↗Observed bounds
Canadian NRCan model years2010–2023

Model years in Natural Resources Canada retail fuel-consumption data; Canadian-market evidence, not a worldwide production range.

Natural Resources Canada ↗14 years
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations2014–2015

First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.

Netherlands RDW ↗2 years
Swiss TAS/TARGA approval observations2013–2024

Swiss type-approval years; approval dates are not production chronology.

Swiss ASTRA TAS/TARGA ↗12 years