The April 2017, 2017 Consumer Reports reports on the Transit connect. CR does not do a full-blown review, but it offers a general take on the vehicle. The take notes that "you'd be challenged to find more passenger space for the money." The take also duns the vehicle for a number of reasons: its a commercial vehicle with lackluster performance, limited standard features, and so forth--all the things I like about the van.


If I was writing the review I would praise its basic functionality, it's ability to carry a load and still give reasonable gas mileage. I's also praise the ability to manufacture a vehicle with just the necessary and sufficient extras.


As you can tell, I am enjoying my TC. Hope you're doing the same.

 

I've always found CR to do a poor job reviewing anything. Rather than finding the people who want such a vehicle, they seem to compare everything to what they personally want. What finally did me in with them was back when the Pontiac Vibe came out and they give it poor reliability marks but gave the pretty much identical Toyota Matrix top marks. It should be called "Consumer perceptions".

I had ordered the one TC for our lot half hoping it wouldn't sell so I could buy it as a leftover. It didn't last long and now the '17s balanced out )-=