2024 Ford Transit van range almost halved, prices up

A trimmed-down 2024 Ford Transit line-up is scheduled to arrive in showrooms later this year with yet another price rise.

The three diesel vans and the battery electric E-Transit flagship will be joined by the single-cab cab chassis and the 12-seater bus to make up the Transit line-up going into 2025.

Ford will also take the axe to the manual transmission – currently offered in five variants – and drop the dual-cab chassis model, reducing the number of Transits from eleven to six.

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Prices are up between $500 and $3000 – following price rises in September 2023 – averaging $1300 across the range.

The $104,000 before on-road costs E-Transit flagship is the only model to fend off a price increase.

The official ‘2024.75’ update will see the entry-level manual Transit 350 dropped – currently the cheapest variant at $56,990 before on-road costs – with the automatic 350L FWD now kicking the range off at $59,990.

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That’s a price rise of $500 over the existing 350L FWD, but it brings a new eight-speed automatic transmission instead of the current model’s six-speed unit.

Ford says the entry-level will come with a higher 2750-kilogram braked tow rating and 6000kg GCM – increases of 950kg and 1750kg, respectively.

There’s no word from Ford Australia on any improvements to fuel economy – which given the vehicle’s size, does not have an official fuel figure to go off, anyway – the eight-speed may bring the entry-level Transit.

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All other Transits continue with the current 10-speed automatic transmission and are rear-wheel drive.

These models carry over the 125kW/390Nm four-cylinder turbo-diesel – a relative of the 2.0-litre bi-turbo engine used in the Ford Ranger – introduced in 2017.

The 350L RWD and 430E Transits see 3500kg tow ratings – again, increases of 900kg and 1100kg – with payloads up on all models bar the E-Transit.

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The 2024.75 update also brings black badging and a revised Ford blue oval, among minor changes on the outside.

Key equipment upgrades include standard push-button start, an 8-inch semi-digital instrument cluster, and tyre-pressure monitoring.

Bus and cab chassis Transit will include a 360-degree camera as standard as part of the update.