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- Ford wins Most Reliable Van Manufacturer Overall 2007 & 2008
- Ford Transit voted Most Reliable Model 2007 & 2008
- Ford Transit Connect awarded second place as Most Reliable Model 2007 & 2008
BRENTWOOD, Essex, 6 November, 2008 – Ford has repeated a trio of significant awards from leading trade magazine, Fleet News. The Ford Transit, promoted as "the backbone of Britain", has come top of an industry reliability survey based on more than 150,000 commercial vehicles. With an additional runner-up award for the Ford Transit Connect, Ford took the title as the Most Reliable Manufacturer.
Steve Kimber, commercial vehicles director, Ford of Britain, said: "It is fantastic to see British businesses giving recognition to the vans that get the job done. Transit and its sibling, Connect, deliver a great ownership experience due to their low running costs, durability and reliability."
The survey, conducted by Fleet News (the UK’s leading trade magazine for company car operators), is based on feedback from multitudes of fleet vehicles and is the largest survey of its kind in the world.