Chicago FD Places Order For New Ambulances

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Guy's I work in the ambulance sales industry.  I can say without a doubt there is no Ford E series diesel coming back. 

In fact the E series is done for with Ford actually announcing that back in 2007, 2013 will be the last model year. 

 

The new van is in fact the bigger cousin of the Transit Connect and will be called the Transit.  It will have a diesel but from

what I have seen from Ford info releases the GVWR of the Transit cutaway is so small 10,360 GVWR that only a 149" module

will be able to be installed safely, from a weight distribution standpoint.  To compare, that GVWR is only 310 lbs more than the

E-350 cutaway was or 4,130 lbs less than the E450 cutaway.

 

I have attached a PIC that was passed along as a promotional PIC to show what the van looks like.  I've seen a few of these

up close here in Michigan coming over from Canada.  It will make a nice type II to compete with the Sprinter but beyond that

I'm not so sure.

 

Here is the Ford press release from yesterday announcing the product officially.

 

http://www.at.ford.com/news/cn/Pages/All...rings.aspx

 

Kris