The new Volkswagen Transporter is this van rebadged, and it is the first Transit Custom van with independent rear suspension.
Lead trim: 2.5 Duratec plug-in hybrid
Ford Transit Custom2023–present
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FactThe new Volkswagen Transporter is this van rebadged, and it is the first Transit Custom van with independent rear suspension.
The second-generation Transit Custom was unveiled in September 2022, with production starting at Ford Otosan in 2023 on the Ford Pro platform; the 2024 Volkswagen Transporter is a rebadge of it. It is the first Transit Custom with a semi-trailing-arm independent rear suspension, giving a lower floor, and its front wheels were moved forward for a shorter overhang. The passenger Tourneo Custom was revealed on 22 November 2022. It is offered as a 2.0 EcoBlue diesel, a 2.5 litre plug-in hybrid and the rear-motor electric E-Transit Custom with a 64 kWh usable battery.
Collectors Spotted in the Ford Transit Custom Lineage
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Trims & Figures
3 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 EcoBlue diesel | 2023–present | 2.0 L I4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2.5 Duratec plug-in hybrid | 2023–present | 2.5 L I4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| E-Transit Custom (electric) | 2023–present | Electric | — | 306 lb-ft | — | RWD | — | — |
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Owners’ builds
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The new Volkswagen Transporter is this van rebadged, and it is the first Transit Custom van with independent rear suspension.
The 2019 plug-in Tourneo Custom is a series hybrid: its 1.0-litre EcoBoost serves as a range extender while the electric motor drives the front wheels.
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.