Collecting my 2024 Ford Transit Custom Van. Is it worth the £50,000 price tag, after a 7 month wait?

Today I went and collected my brand new 2024 Ford Transit Custom van after waiting 7 months for it to arrive and having never driven one before!

Take a look at my first impressions of this new 2024 model, what's good, what's bad and how it compares to the previous model.

Vans are becoming increasingly expensive these days, are they really worth the £50,000 price tag for what you get? Let me know in the comments, could I have chosen a better van?

[mikeddarren]

No van is worth 50000 it's a tin box with engine and wheels .. wake up kids .

[anthonyarnold]

It would only be worth 50k if it had 30k cash in the back

[julesgraham]

New vehicle prices are simply going nuts but OMG £50K for a transit is simply beyond ridiculous IMO.

[aitchmere]

No mention of the wet belt then?
These will be the downfall of Ford if they don't stop producing this engine.

[rambo]

50k for a van!
And then you have to spend at least £500 on decent locks.

[azza]

£50k for a FORD Transit? they used to be a good name renowned for being a good workhorse but those days are long gone

[johnedwards]

Its a wheeled box.

A utility van requires a simple economic reliable easy-to service engine. Rugged gearbox, a speedometer and windscreen wipers. Same philosophy as the Toyota Hilux pickup. £10, 000 max. It should be cheap to run, cheap to service and last thirty years. It doesn’t need £40, 000 of bollocks like five microprocessors in each door when a window winder does it better for £5 and gives the driver some much-needed exercise.

[GWAYGWAY]

Not worth that high price, it is a van and it carries things. No need for the electronic which might work when new but a nightmare when it goes wrong. Vans should be simpler, nice but simple.

[David-rrsf]

50k!, sheer madness. I'll keep my toyota hiace.

[sonnyburnett]

The square steering wheel reminds me of the Austin Allegro in the 70s

[JHughes]

Hi Simon - I have the same van (Frod Transit Custom, Limited in Magnetic grey) but I have the 2.0l manual. If you go through the display settings using the buttons on the multifunction steering wheel you can add a linear rev counter on the right hand side of the digital dashboard. I also changed my speedo to a round one with a digital read out so it's very customisable. BTW I paid a fraction UNDER £40k all in for mine. Amazingly I bought it through Costco Auto's! Have to say that so far I'm loving mine, great van! As for the handbrake, it takes some getting used to but if you take off your seatbelt with the brake pressed then turn off the engine it will auto apply the parking brake and then when you get in it to drive off it will auto release.

[K-sogx]

Some people have more money than sense. 50k!

[nprA]

Clearly, the Transit has become the van for the well established working Man/Woman. A new start-up company/self employed worker couldn't possibly afford these. I have driven Transits from 1988 to 2014 and after the factory was moved from Southampton to Turkey, I noticed a reduction in quality and reliability. Good video.

[iandavis]

For revs press right button on steering wheel (3 lines ).scroll down to settings.Display.Right gauge then chose tachometer. Then rev meter will appear just left of fuel gauge. Hope this helps

[vdub]

It's only a shell, how is it worth 50 k ffs

[robfryer]

Great at presenting YouTube content engaging and informative 👍🏼

[simonpetermurrell]

Simon great review bud! Hope all is well. Remember when cars use to have a choke. Giving away our age. Safe driving!!!! I don't see 50k there....

[dave-sivq]

Absolutely nuts!! I used to buy my transits for about 700 quid use them for a year then sell them for about 500 quid.

[whatthedeuse]

Other thing to watch out for is if you’ve had the old version the back doors don’t have the stops that prevent them from swinging to the full 180 position, if wind catches the door and parked the door can fully swing into the road 🫣😭

[IronMountainx]

This is completely nuts, how can an intelligent person spend this much on a van.
I know people spend more than £100k on VW vans.
The profits on vans must be immense.
My business runs 3 nissan vans that are 9 and 10 years old and have owned them for about 5 years and will run the into the ground which will be about another 10 years as they as bullet proof so far.
All 3 van cost me a lot less than 50k.