Few products these days can be expected not to miss a beat after 10 years of gruelling usage – especially if they are subjected to an extremely punishing working life, day in, day out.
Ford ensured the all-new Transit 2-tonne van will still be going strong by implementing a process of accelerated ageing that in just six months simulated the toughest treatment that customers can dish out in a decade.
Durability tests included the equivalent of driving 11 million kilometres – or 275 round-the-world trips – at state-of-the-art proving grounds and in extreme conditions across the globe where temperatures ranged from 40 C to -40 C.
(more infos downloading the press release)
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