2023 Ford Transit Path teased, geared toward Van Life adventurers

Ford is embracing #vanlife with an adventure-ready model of the Transit arriving for the 2023 mannequin 12 months.

The 2023 Ford Transit Path was teased Wednesday on Twitter by Ted Cannis, CEO of the automaker’s Ford Professional industrial car division, certainly one of three enterprise items created in the course of the automaker’s restructuring earlier this 12 months.

Other than confirming the car itself, Ford was gentle on particulars. A press launch guarantees “inside and exterior enhancements offering do-it-yourselfers and motorhome distributors a turnkey canvas from the manufacturing facility.”

The camper-van market does appear to have a whole lot of untapped potential. Camper-van conversions have grow to be a DIY development, and lots of third-party upfitters construct motorhomes utilizing van chassis cabs as beginning factors. For beforehand added Motorhome, RV, and Journey Prep Packages with this in thoughts, however the Path’s turnkey setup may attraction to a wider vary of outdoorsy clients. 

Teaser pictures seem to point out an unmodified Transit high-roof physique model, however with Raptor-style amber lights within the grille and on the entrance fenders. It is unclear if the Transit Path will get a devoted powertrain, however for reference the present Transit is offered with naturally-aspirated and twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter V-6 gasoline engines, together with an all-electric powertrain within the E-Transit mannequin.

Ford did not say when the Transit Path might be unveiled, however confirmed that the life-style van might be constructed alongside different Transit fashions at its Kansas Metropolis, Missouri, plant. That is the one replace confirmed for the 2023 Transit to date; the van was refreshed for the 2021 mannequin 12 months, with the electrical E-Transit becoming a member of the lineup for 2022.