To celebrate 50 years of the British van icon, Ford's golden convoy of Transits departed from the UK's CV Show at the NEC in Birmingham to tour dealerships and events until the commercial vehicle leader's anniversary on the weekend of August 8 and 9.
2015 marks the 50th anniversary for Ford's Transit with almost 8 million Transit and Transit Custom models built since its birth in 1965.
Ford's celebrations didn't stop there though as it continued its winning streak with the Transit scooping the Small Van of the Year award. What's more, the Transit Connect topped the Light Van category and the Ranger collected Pick-up of the Year.
Ford is extending production of the new Transit to include the full line-up of more than 450 model variants.
The Lord's Taveners charity will be donating a new minibus every fortnight during 2014 to help improve the lives of young people with disabilities and special educational needs.
Fresh from an unprecedented third successive International Engine of the Year award the 1.0-litre Ecoboost engine has been revealed as the best-selling turbocharged petrol engine so far in 2014.
The Ford Fiesta is the best seller once again in July 2014.
The field of 12 vans in the running for the International Van of the Year 2015 has been announced, including models from Ford, Nissan, Fiat, Renault and Citroen.
Ford C-MAX has picked up three gongs at the Honest John Awards, including the MPV award, Best Van and Most Highly Rated Car gongs.?
A closer look at recent award winning Ford commercial vehicles.
In March this year, the Ford commercial vehicle range totally dominated the VansA2Z Awards ceremony, clinching gongs in a number of different categories.
The Ford Transit and Ford Transit Connect claimed awards in the Arctic Van Test.