Ford Tourneo Connect was presented at the Geneva Motor Show 2003. The car is manufactured at the Ford Otosan plant in Turkey. It looks quite modest, but stylish and modern. The wide doorway provides the most comfortable fit.
Describing the cabin, we recall that the Tourneo is not a business class crew, but a commercial, delivery vehicle. Therefore, in the decoration used solid gray plastic partly kondovy, but impact resistant and easy to clean. Everywhere niches, shelves, holders and pockets.
The body of the van, despite its impressive dimensions, does not look cumbersome due to the rather short bonnet and large glass area. Tourneo is an excellent assistant in the delivery of any goods. The creators have thought through everything to the smallest detail so that the driver and passengers were as comfortable and comfortable as possible. The car is offered with one or two durable sliding side doors, and the “tracks” on which the rollers go are so imperceptibly integrated into the body of the car that you won't notice them right away.
The back door opens up, but it is possible to order swing doors. They can open up to 90, 172 and 250 degrees, and loading at night will be facilitated by the lights built into the ceiling. The five-seater Tourneo Connect is offered to customers in two body styles - standard with a conventional roof, in which the car's length will be 4278 mm, height - 1814 mm, and body volume - 2.8 m³, and long with a high roof, with a length of 4525 mm, height 1981 mm and volume of a body is 3.67 m ³. But the company's engineers saved up a method that will help raise the figures for the volume of the body, respectively, to 3.41 and 4.36 m³. This is a folding front passenger seat.
For convenience, the whole operation consists of two steps - first the cushion is folded back, and then the back is folded flush with the floor of the load compartment. For those who do not need this option, it is proposed to replace such a universal version with a comfortable armchair with adjustments in four directions. The back row is able to transform in various ways, the seats fold together and in parts, and if necessary, are completely removed from the car. The ergonomics of the car corresponds to the advanced positions, which advanced products of Ford have entered. The driver's seat has six adjustments.
For the convenience of passengers in the front of the cabin almost passenger comfort reigns - the steering column is adjustable for angle and height, there is a folding armrest, a holder with a holder for papers on the panel, a spacious glove compartment, compartments in the doors, a special compartment for a cell phone and much more . From the equipment: air conditioning, electrically adjustable large two-section (lower section - for the convenience of parking) mirrors, heated front and rear windows.
By means of passive and active safety, the car is equipped with the full program: in addition to the standard Air-Bag for the driver, you can order an airbag for the passenger and side curtains, ABS, traction control and rear disc brakes. The gamma of engines is represented by three units of the same volume: 1.8-liter gasoline Duratec (115 hp, 160 Nm at 4400 rpm), turbo-diesel Duratorq Tdi (75 hp, 175 Nm at 1800 rpm) and turbo diesel Duratorq TDCi (90 hp, 220 Nm at 1700 rpm). All engines are equipped with five-speed manual transmissions with a “passenger” gearbox, making life easier for the driver.
The claimed passenger handling is inherent in the car, primarily due to the suspension from the Focus, which received new ball bearings from Transit, springs of increased diameter and gas shock absorbers. But the load capacity of 625 and 800 kilograms, respectively, has already been achieved at the expense of the rear leaf spring suspension, equipped, among other things, with an anti-roll bar. Ford Tourneo Connect - transportation for all occasions. Universality of this car does not hold. According to many objective indicators, the Tourneo is roomy and practical at the height.
