The posh Club Wagon Chateau trim had been dormant since 1989 — the moment this fourth-generation van brought it back in 1992, Motor Trend named it Truck of the Year.
Median 108 hp across 124 similar cars
Lead trim: E-Series 4.9 L (300 cu in) Truck Six OHV I6 · up to 325 hp
Ford E-Series (Econoline)1992–present
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FactThe posh Club Wagon Chateau trim had been dormant since 1989 — the moment this fourth-generation van brought it back in 1992, Motor Trend named it Truck of the Year.
For 1992 Ford introduced the fourth-generation Econoline/Club Wagon, carrying over the third-generation VN chassis (the F-Series-shared Twin-I-Beam front suspension and a live rear axle on leaf springs) with a completely redesigned body and interior; the Club Wagon name was dropped for 1999 and the Econoline renamed the E-Series, and the passenger and cargo vans ended in June 2014 when the Transit arrived, at which point the line had been the best-selling full-size van in the United States since 1980. From 2015 the E-Series continues only as a cutaway and stripped chassis, and in 2021 it became the second active Ford line after the F-Series to reach 60 years of continuous production (over 8.2 million sold since 1961, the third-best-selling van line in history). The 2008 model year brought the biggest chassis revisions (larger brakes, improved steering and rollover stability control). The 1992 lineup carried a 4.9 L six as standard with a 5.0 V8 (E-150 only) and 5.8 V8, and on 350s a 7.5 V8 and a 7.3 L Navistar diesel V8 (turbocharged from 1993, the Ford Power Stroke from 1995); 1997 brought the 4.2 L V6, a 6.8 L V10 and the 4.6 and 5.4 L Triton V8s, 2004 the 6.0 L Power Stroke (detuned for the poor engine-compartment airflow) and the 4.6 V8 as standard on the E-150 and E-250, making the E-Series the first American full-size van with a standard V8; the diesel ended in 2010, the 6.8 V10 became standard in 2017 with a 6.2 V8 optional, and since 2021 only the 7.3 L Godzilla gasoline V8 (convertible to CNG or LPG) is offered.
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Trims & Figures
13 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E-150 / E-250 4.2 L (256 cu in) Essex OHV V6 | 1997–2003 | 4.2 L V6 | 200 hp | 250 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| E-350 / E-450 6.2 L (379 cu in) Boss SOHC V8 | 2017–2019 | 6.2 L V8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| E-350 / E-450 6.8 L (413 cu in) Triton SOHC V10 | 1997–2019 | 6.8 L | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| E-350 / E-450 7.3 L (445 cu in) Godzilla OHV V8 | 2021–present | 7.3 L V8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| E-350 7.3 L (444 cu in) Navistar IDI diesel V8 | 1992–1994 | 7.3 L V8 | 185 hp | 360 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| E-Series 4.6 L (281 cu in) Triton SOHC V8 | 1997–2014 | 4.6 L V8 | 231 hp | 293 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| E-Series 4.9 L (300 cu in) Truck Six OHV I6 | 1992–1996 | 4.9 L Inline-6 | 150 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
| E-Series 4.9 L (302 cu in) small-block OHV V8 | 1992–1996 | 4.9 L V8 | 205 hp | 275 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| E-Series 5.4 L (330 cu in) Triton SOHC V8 | 1997–2016 | 5.4 L V8 | 260 hp | 350 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| E-Series 5.8 L (351 cu in) OHV V8 | 1992–1996 | 5.8 L V8 | 210 hp | 325 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| E-Series 6.0 L Power Stroke turbodiesel V8 | 2004–2010 | 6.0 L V8 | 325 hp | 570 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
| E-Series 7.3 L Power Stroke turbodiesel V8 | 1995–2003 | 7.3 L V8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| E-Series 7.5 L (460 cu in) 385 OHV V8 | 1992–1996 | 7.5 L V8 | 245 hp | 410 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
Owning one
An estimate, for the E-150 / E-250 4.2 L (256 cu in) Essex OHV V6 trim: fuel on its EPA figure and a dated national price, upkeep on a per-mile average for the kind of car it is.
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Photographs
The posh Club Wagon Chateau trim had been dormant since 1989 — the moment this fourth-generation van brought it back in 1992, Motor Trend named it Truck of the Year.
Ford became the first American maker to put a full-size van on a separate frame, and the 1978 Econoline was Motor Trend's first-ever Truck of the Year.
A 1967 UAW strike delayed this van's launch nearly four months into January 1968 — so instead of calling it a '68 or '68-and-a-half, Ford just sold it as a 1969 model.
Ford bet this truck would sell better than the van version — buyers disagreed by nine to one, and the van became the one everybody remembers.
Rivals
Same body, same money, other badges — tap any card to flip.
Chevy pitched the Astro as the anti-minivan, telling buyers life was too big for one, while it rode on a rear-wheel-drive truck frame.
The IIHS rated the Astro Poor in a 1996 crash test, yet 2001–2004 Astros later had the lowest driver death rate of any US passenger vehicle.
The boxy, unglamorous Astro quietly posted one of the best real-world safety records in America: IIHS found 2001-2004 models had the fewest driver deaths per million vehicles of any passenger vehicle on US roads.
The third-generation Tourneo Connect, released in Europe in October 2021, is a rebadged fourth-generation Volkswagen Caddy, assembled by Volkswagen in Poland.
Ford beat the 25% "chicken tax" by importing the Transit Connect as a passenger van — rear windows and seats included, then stripped out and recycled once it landed in the US.
Ford spent years in federal court over the second-gen Transit Connect: in June 2019 the US won its appeal, and judges ruled the van was cargo-only — ending Ford's workaround for the 'chicken tax.'
GM sold a rebadged Nissan NV200 as the Chevy City Express for four years, then killed it in 2018, citing weak sales and the fact that its parts weren't even compatible with GM's own parts catalog.
Its name is a pun: "S-Cargo" means "Small Cargo" but sounds just like escargot — French for snail, the shape the whole van was built to resemble.