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Transit Connect Expecting Huge Increase in Sales

The Turkish unit of Ford Motor Company plans to increase sales by 50% to the United States in 2011. This is a huge percentage of sales, however completely possible. The reason why is because they are supplying the United States with a van that is to be used as Taxis and service vehicles in some of the major cities in the US including, Los Angeles, Washington, Boston and Chicago. The van is also a finalist in the race to pick up the Taxi service in New York City, which if they win, would boost their sales dramatically. However, the company expects sales to rise, regardless if they win the bid for New York. 

The reason that these vans are becoming more popular as use for Taxis and service vehicles, for organizations like the postal service, is because the vans are outfitted with electrical engines that mean less fuel consumption. Plus, the vans allow for more leg room for passengers, as well as trunk space. All of which could be great for those who utilize Taxis to get anywhere. 

The vans are shipped without the engines, then a Canadian company, Azure Dynamics, fits the electrical engines into the vans. The van is then shipped to those cities that are utilizing them. Ford Otosan, the company that manufacturers these vans, expects to make around 240,000 vehicles this year, then they expect to sell around 300,000 of these vehicles that will then ship to places all over the globe. 

With all of the taxi companies that are located in the United States, the future of the Transit Connect look bright. As professionals point out, taxi companies are always looking for ways in which they can reduce costs, by utilizing the Transit Connect they can reduce the cost of fuel which could reflect price savings onto the customer. The deal with New York taxi companies is to be finalized at the beginning of 2011.