Production chronology1965–open
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
Wikipedia lead ↗1 year
← Ford
Ford / Model record
FordTransit
Production1965 – present
Recorded originUnited States
ClassVan
Background
The Ford Transit is a family of light commercial vehicles manufactured by the Ford Motor Company since 1965, primarily as a cargo van, but also available in other configurations including a large passenger van, cutaway van chassis, and a pickup truck. The vehicle is also known as the Ford T-Series, a nomenclature shared with Ford's other light commercial vehicles, the Ford F-Series trucks, and the Ford E-Series chassis. As of 2015, 8 million Transit vans have been sold, making it the third best-selling van of all time and has been produced across four basic platform generations, with various "facelift" versions of each.
Text adapted from “Ford Transit” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1996
First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Netherlands RDW ↗1 year
EEA EU registration observations2025
EU passenger-car registration monitoring years; this is a market snapshot, not a worldwide production range.
Swiss TAS/TARGA approval observations2024–2025
Swiss type-approval years; approval dates are not production chronology.
Swiss ASTRA TAS/TARGA ↗2 years