Those wacky guys over at Jalopnik, Gawker Media’s car blog, took a 2010 Ford Transit Connect for a spin around Manhattan and pronounced themselves impressed. For starters, Jalopnik contributor Andrew Didorosi wrote that Ford’s new cargo van is quite maneuverable. “In and around Manhattan’s crowded streets, the Transit Connect drives as easy as a comparable [...]

After the Ford Fiesta, the 2010 Ford Transit Connect is the second most lust-worthy European Ford to make it Stateside. Can a small, practical cargo van appeal to big, burly American workers? The Transit Connect occupies the same territory as the old-as-nails Econoline van, but manages the same job in a smaller, lighter, friendlier way. [...]