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1985 Ford Econovan Comments about this vehicle| Author | Message |
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◊ 2019-05-12 13:55 |
Ford's not so succesful attempt to sell a Mazda Bongo in disguise in Germany: The Econovan. The only place where I could see them back then was the local Ford dealer. |
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◊ 2019-05-12 14:01 |
I had or have one as a toy in Bror Brodersen livery (a chain of toy stores in Denmark, Sweden and Finland) -- Last edit: 2019-05-12 14:02:18 |
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◊ 2019-05-12 14:05 |
why would anyone buy this instead of Transit ? |
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◊ 2019-05-12 14:06 |
Because it was smaller, plus it was Japanese to boot which meant it would be around until the end of time. |
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◊ 2019-05-12 14:15 |
Nooooo, they weren't bought! Just offered. I can still see the  in the salesman's eyes when 10 year old me walked into the Ford showroom and asked for a sales brochure. It was the first time he had been asked about that van and he wasn't expecting a kid - of all people - to know about it. |
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◊ 2019-05-12 14:38 |
Rebadging alien stuff like this is/was a common strategy, particularly for commercials, and it does't really matter if they sell diddley squat from showrooms. The target is much more fleet buyers looking to replace a full selection of vehicles across sizes in one go with one deal covering finance, servicing and so on, whether buying or leasing. So this rebadged Econovan plugs a gap below Transits and Joe Bloggs Couriers (or whoever) can bulk buy a complete replacement of their fleet - let's say 2 of these, 8 Transits, 4 Cargos - all delivered with same accessory spec, paint and livery and so on. In effect having a few of these lurking around means they sell more Transits because it stops Joe Bloggs Couriers from going to Renault for the fleet renewal. |
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◊ 2019-06-02 01:52 |
3.08 ![[*]](/res/star.png){kind=small} ![[Image: 38_der-rattenfaenger_1.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/25109/38_der-rattenfaenger_1.jpg) ![[Image: 38_der-rattenfaenger_11.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/25109/38_der-rattenfaenger_11.jpg) -- Last edit: 2019-06-02 01:53:47 |
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