Ford has decided to keep its last European diesel engine plant in Dagenham, UK, open to supply the Turkish Ford Otosan plant in Kocaeli that builds the Transit and Transit Custom.
Ford Otosan is due to start production of the next generation of Transit, as well as a Volkswagen derivative from 2023, as part of the two companies’ alliance. It expects that by 2025, 60% of the plant’s diesel engine output will be destined for the 1-tonne commercial vehicles built in Turkey
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