The all-new sixth-generation Ford Transit goes on sale later this month, headed by the entry-level short wheelbase 290S Â (the long wheelbase 330L will follow in June). With this in mind, we jumped into the outgoing version of the iconic van for its, and hopefully my, final move.
Relocating is inextricably linked to three things: stress, spending dollars and packing your life into numerous unlabelled cardboard boxes.
Making things a little easier this time around was the $35,990 Ford Transit 125 T280. The entry point into the existing fifth-generation Transit range, the front-wheel-drive short wheelbase van is powered by a 2.2-litre four-cylinder turbo diesel.
Teamed with a slick, dash-mounted six-speed manual transmission, the perky diesel unit puts out 92kW at 3500rpm and 330Nm between 1350-2400rpm.
Pulling strongly from 1500rpm, the Transit rarely requires more than 2000rpm to maintain a cruise or tackle hills and freeway on-ramps. Hunting its 4500rpm redline is also more entertaining than a commercial van should probably be.
Starting $1500 more than our 4863mm-long model, the new Transit Custom will gain 20Nm of torque, to 350Nm, albeit between a narrower 1450â€"2000rpm rev range. Power will remain identical.
With a 49â€"year history that’s seen it shift everything from mail and ice-cream to bank robbers and at least two Ford-Cosworth Formula One engines â€" and lap Germany’s Nurburgring in 10min 8sec with a crazy German female at the helm â€" moving a bed, two couches, a fridge, a washing machine, a kitchen table and chairs, an entertainment unit and a TV, among other things, should’ve been a doddle. And it was, relatively.
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