2009 Ford Transit Connect
Montreal, QC -- Ford will pioneer a new market segment in North America with the 2009 Transit Connect. Unveiled at this year's Chicago Auto Show, in February, and later as a taxicab concept at the New York Auto Show, this compact van was developed by Ford of Europe, where it is sold since the fall of 2002. Manufactured at the Kocaeli plant, in Turkey, the Transit Connect will be shipped by boat to two East Coast ports.