Ford Transit Connect X-press: Minivan With Sports Car Abilities

The automotive industry has always been full of innovations and improvements. Year after year, car manufacturers always find new developments. This competitiveness has given birth to some of the most important cars in history. Although not all cars have what it takes for the world automotive market by storm, some vehicles are just made to do just that. Recently, Ford Connect X-Press has done. The X-Press is a vehicle in Europe only developed by Ford Motor Company. This is a minivan, but was told that the skills can usually find in a sports car. Some car enthusiasts also have a newcomer compared to Supervan model that is equipped with a Cosworth engine. Minivan class shares the same main engine Ford Focus RS. With the same drive train, the truck can reach speeds of sixty miles an hour of detention in less than seven seconds. The X-Press is 70 mm. lower than the standard connection minivan. Additional sports cars such attributes are the circles of 18 "OZ alloy X-Press is equipped. Drain powerful minivan and" his cousin, the Ford Focus. This means that the X-Press, for all its strength, will struggle to meet stricter emissions standards imposed by the European Union. Another car racing as an attribute that has the X-Press is the integrated safety cage that can be found in the vehicle. "Transit Connect is a strong and dynamic vehicle can start, we knew that this project has been made since the beginning," says the head of Ford Europe, Commercial Vehicle Engineer, Barry Gale. Some transmission and suspension components are common with the first generation Ford Focus, so the transformation was relatively simple from the engineering standpoint. Now we have a unique commercial vehicle that performs like no other. If pushed, is capable of a 0-time 60 mph in under 7 seconds and a top speed of 130 mph. As you would expect from a Ford, handles, steers and stops like a sports car, "said Gale. The X-press Ford engine is a 215PS 2.0-liter turbocharged and intercooled 16-valve Duratec RS engine that is the same unit as used by the Ford Focus RS. The development of X-Press is an effort to demonstrate the basic capabilities of the car, the Ford Transit. After all, not all minivans can be equipped with powerful engine and, yet, a safe operation. Engine power is transferred to the vehicle's front wheels through a gearbox with five speeds. Stop this power, of course, needs the same Brembo brakes used on the Ford Focus RS of the vehicle. The X-Press is Brembo brakes with ventilated discs 325 millimeters and 280 millimeters, slightly smaller rear Brembo disc brakes feeling. Ford of Europe for the development of X-Press is expressed by Gale said: "It was very difficult. Once everyone understood what we were doing, all offered to help in their spare time to make special parts or work in the vehicle. E 'became a true labor of love and the way they're basically all car nuts, we are very pleased with the final product.