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The NGDV is based on the 9500lb Ford Transit, so it's more like they started with a heavy-duty truck and scaled down.
by dialup_sounds 2y ago
The NGDV is based on the 9500lb Ford Transit, so it's more like they started with a heavy-duty truck and scaled down.
- mmis1000 2y agoIt does look like a lengthen truck head though.
- shawn_w 2y agoIt's not based on the Transit. One of the submitted designs was, but it didn't win the contract bid. Edit: looks like it was an early prototype from Oshkosh with very little in common with the final product: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a19445176/this-ford-transit-usps-truck-prototype-could-be-hauling-your-mail-soon/ https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a19445176/this-ford-transi... and https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2021/02/23/oshkosh-won-usps-bid-may-team-up-ford/4565972001/ https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2021/02/23/oshko... mentions not using the Transit design.
- dialup_sounds 2y ago"Based on" meaning that's what they started with: the same heavy delivery truck that everyone uses. It's clearly not a Transit (USPS already has E Transits in service) but they obviously didn't just take a light truck and then add a pound to skirt emissions, either.