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<div align="center"><em><strong><small>2010 Ford Transit Connect - Click above for a high-res image gallery</small></strong></em><br /></div>
<br />A welcome splash of news for the UAW and the U.S. economy: Ford will commence production of the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/06/19/first-drive-2010-ford-transit-connect-the-right-size-for-a-sma/">Transit Connect</a> at a U.S. assembly plant by mid-year 2012. Currently built in Turkey on a version of the Euro Focus platform, the next generation Transit will also migrate to the FWD compact platform that will underpin the next Focus both hear and abroad. Ford plants in Wayne, Michigan and Louisville, Kentucky will be retooled to build cars on that architecture, meaning the that Transit could join them. <br /><br />With an electric version joining the 2.0-liter four-cylinder in 2010, an outside analyst predicted 60,000 units would be reasonable by 2013. Ford isn't quoting any production numbers yet, preferring to see how the current version -- that just went on sale this month -- fares. <br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect/">2010 Ford Transit Connect</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect/1337934/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--13-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect/1337927/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--06-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect/1337919/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--15-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect/1337917/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/02/10transitconnect_01_hr-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect/1337930/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--20-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br /><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.autonews.com/article/20090720/ANA03/307209964/1200">Automotive News</a> - Sub. Req.]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/20/report-ford-transit-connect-to-be-built-stateside-in-2012/">REPORT: Ford Transit Connect to be built Stateside in 2012</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:58:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.autonews.com/article/20090720/ANA03/307209964/1200>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/20/report-ford-transit-connect-to-be-built-stateside-in-2012/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19103351/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/20/report-ford-transit-connect-to-be-built-stateside-in-2012/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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<div align="center"><em><strong><small>2010 Ford Transit Connect - Click above for a high-res image gallery</small></strong></em><br /></div>
<br />A welcome splash of news for the UAW and the U.S. economy: Ford will commence production of the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/06/19/first-drive-2010-ford-transit-connect-the-right-size-for-a-sma/">Transit Connect</a> at a U.S. assembly plant by mid-year 2012. Currently built in Turkey on a version of the Euro Focus platform, the next generation Transit will also migrate to the FWD compact platform that will underpin the next Focus both hear and abroad. Ford plants in Wayne, Michigan and Louisville, Kentucky will be retooled to build cars on that architecture, meaning the that Transit could join them. <br /><br />With an electric version joining the 2.0-liter four-cylinder in 2010, an outside analyst predicted 60,000 units would be reasonable by 2013. Ford isn't quoting any production numbers yet, preferring to see how the current version -- that just went on sale this month -- fares. <br /><br /><br /><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect/">2010 Ford Transit Connect</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect/1337934/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--13-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect/1337927/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--06-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect/1337919/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--15-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect/1337917/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/02/10transitconnect_01_hr-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-ford-transit-connect/1337930/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/02/transit-connect--20-1280_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br /><br />[Source: <a href="http://www.autonews.com/article/20090720/ANA03/307209964/1200">Automotive News</a> - Sub. Req.]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/20/report-ford-transit-connect-to-be-built-stateside-in-2012/">REPORT: Ford Transit Connect to be built Stateside in 2012</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:58:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.autonews.com/article/20090720/ANA03/307209964/1200>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/20/report-ford-transit-connect-to-be-built-stateside-in-2012/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19103351/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/20/report-ford-transit-connect-to-be-built-stateside-in-2012/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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