2015 Ford Transit Cutaway school bus brochure

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Stéphane Dumas

Discussion Starter · Jan 31, 2015

Looks like the E-Series Cutaway will reach soon the Ecolonine in the auto graveyard more sooner then we thought. I spotted that PDF document showing the Transit Cutaway in school bus specifications.
http://www.fleet.ford.com/resources/ford/general/pdf/brochures/2015 School Bus brochure_LoRes.pdf

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ChrisGinNC

· #2 · Jan 31, 2015

I would assume they'll probably keep the E-450 around, since the Transit doesn't have anything in it's lineup with a similar GVWR.

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richmond2000

· #3 · Jan 31, 2015

ChrisGinNC said:
I would assume they'll probably keep the E-450 around, since the Transit doesn't have anything in it's lineup with a similar GVWR.

transit GVW 10,300 MAX
E350 STARTS at 10,500
and I thought the cut away and truck styles where announced for LAUNCH availability and the E series was ABOVE in GVW as seen here

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0fxxk0

· #4 · Jan 31, 2015

OOooooo... Bus porn! Thanks Stephane!

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unkillsam

· #5 · Feb 1, 2015

LOL at Ford 6.8L V10 putting out 305 hp/420 tq. Why even bother?

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F14CRAZY

· #6 · Feb 1, 2015

Funny how a unibody van suddenly has frame rails

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jpd80

· #7 · Feb 1, 2015

F14CRAZY said:
Funny how a unibody van suddenly has frame rails

Not suddenly at all, Transit is integral Frame, not your regular unitbody.

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CJH

· #8 · Feb 1, 2015

Transit seems like a no-brainer for smaller school bus applications. It was only a matter of time. You would think the I-5 diesel would be a lot more efficient than the engines they currently run in those things.

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richmond2000

· #9 · Feb 1, 2015

F14CRAZY said:
Funny how a unibody van suddenly has frame rails

VW transporters and MB sprinters all USDM vans turned trucks
not to mention GM "G" vans that became "cube" trucks
"G" van school bus dumped over showing VX4 AWD system and "INTEGRAL" framerails

See less See more

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jpd80

· #10 · Feb 1, 2015

CJH said:
Transit seems like a no-brainer for smaller school bus applications. It was only a matter of time. You would think the I-5 diesel would be a lot more efficient than the engines they currently run in those things.

t's interesting that Ford is still holding back fuel economy details on the I-5,
I wonder if it's good but not outstanding compared to the competition.

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F14CRAZY

· #11 · Feb 1, 2015

richmond2000 said:
VW transporters and MB sprinters all USDM vans turned trucks
not to mention GM "G" vans that became "cube" trucks
"G" van school bus dumped over showing VX4 AWD system and "INTEGRAL" framerails

that 4WD system

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syr74

· #12 · Feb 1, 2015

E450 will stay for a while but it will eventually give way to something else whether that be a Super Duty F-Series based chassis or a heavier version of the Transit, and I suspect the former will be the case.

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richmond2000

· #13 · Feb 2, 2015

F14CRAZY said:
that 4WD system

that my friend is the DANA VX4 AWD system used on FORD and Dodge CARS in the 70's and early 80s

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F14CRAZY

· #14 · Feb 2, 2015

I had to spend a few minutes googling that setup..."well that's one way to do it"

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Stéphane Dumas

Discussion Starter · #15 · Dec 25, 2015

I dust-off this topic by mentionning this article from Jalopnik published in May 2015
http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/heres-the-first-2015-ford-transit-school-bus-1706390387

And some specifications of a version done by Girardin company for Blue Bird. http://www.girardin.com/MICROBIRD/TS_School_TEXT.html

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