In all honesty, the 2014 Arctic Van Challenge is a venue that I had not heard of before, with the first time being in the official Ford video posted after the virtual jump. But it must be a real thing since everybody in the video is convinced of it.
Its name clearly explains what the competition is about, and being an official Blue Oval video, you can predict which of the contenders will come out on top…
We already know that Ford’s new line of Transit commercial vehicles is one of, if not the most modern and advanced on the market, so it would really have looked bad if their Connect didn’t beat Renault’s ageing Kangoo, which dates back to 2007 and now also comes with a Mercedes badge.
Good thing Ford hasn’t adopted the “built tough” motto for its Euro range of vans, otherwise it would have been the most frequent pair of adjoining words in the entire piece…
By Andrei Nedelea
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