Editing Ford Transit Connect (section)

==Fleet usage==
=== Grumman LLV replacement ===
[[File:Ford Transit Connect.jpg|thumb|Ford Transit Connect of Canada Post]]
In 2010, [[Canada Post]] selected the Ford Transit Connect, purchasing a fleet of 1,175 units to replace a large portion of its [[Grumman LLV]] vehicles.<ref>Ford Motor Company Press Release, [http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=32230 "Canada Post Selects Ford Transit Connect to Replace Aging National Fleet of Light Vehicles,"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100719163146/http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=32230|date=19 July 2010}} 18 March 2010.</ref>  In contrast to its LLV predecessor, the Canada Post Transit Connects are left-hand drive (though Ford does produce the Transit Connect for RHD markets).  
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===Taxicab===
[[File:NYC taxi of tomorrow 2014 NY Auto Show.jpg|thumb|right|Ford Transit New York City's [[Taxicabs of New York City#2010s – Taxi of Tomorrow|Taxi of Tomorrow]].]]
In fleet (taxi) applications, Ford markets the Ford Transit Connect Wagon as a replacement for the [[Ford Crown Victoria|Ford Crown Victoria P70]] (discontinued in 2011).  For taxi use, the rear seat is shifted several inches rearward (both to increase legroom and to allow fitment of a partition); a third-row seat is not offered.  Other features include rear-seat climate controls and [[school bus yellow]] paint.<ref>{{cite web |title=2013 Ford Transit Connect XLT Wagon Premium &#124; the 2013 Ford Transit Connect XLT Wagon Premium &#124; Ford.com |url=http://www.ford.com/commercial-trucks/transitconnect-commercial/trim/xltwagonpremium/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507045245/http://www.ford.com/commercial-trucks/transitconnect-commercial/trim/xltwagonpremium/ |archive-date=7 May 2013 |access-date=22 November 2012}}</ref>

In 2011, the Transit Connect was rejected for the New York City [[Taxicabs of New York City#2010s – Taxi of Tomorrow|Taxi of Tomorrow]] bid (a 10-year contract to replace the Crown Victoria exclusively<ref>{{cite news |author=Berk, Honey |date=5 December 2010 |title=Meet the Taxis of Tomorrow |url=http://autos.aol.com/article/taxi-of-tomorrow/ |access-date=26 January 2011 |publisher=[[AOL]]}}</ref>); though a finalist, the Transit Connect lost to the Nissan NV200.  During the 2010s, New York City adopted the Transit Connect as an accessible cab; it also has replaced the Crown Victoria in multiple large American municipalities with organized taxicab services.  {{clear}}