ITALY - Ford has upgraded the Tourneo Connect with better powertrains and more technology.

• Ford has updated the Tourneo Connect, the 'smart people mover' C-segment of the Blue Oval, offering new high-efficiency motors and driver assistance technologies derived from the cars that are a first for this segment

•  The Tourneo Connect will be available with the new 1.5 TDCi, 7% more efficient than the previous 1.6 TDCi, with 4.3 l / 100 km *. The new diesel engine will also be coupled with automatic transmission Powershift

• The Tourneo Connect will be equipped with innovative technologies like the system of traffic sign recognition (Traffic Sign Recognition) systems monitoring and maintenance of the lane (Lane Keeping Alert and Lane Keeping Aid), the MyKey programmable key and the system connectivity and enhanced voice commands SYNC 2

• The Tourneo Connect is one of the 'people mover' Ford the most successful in Europe, with over 10,000 units sold in 2014

• Ford has also upgraded the Tourneo Courier, the most compact family Tourneo, which now reaches an efficiency 'best in class' of 5.1 l / 100 km in the version with the 1.0 EcoBoost petrol engine with Stop & Start

Ford has updated the Tourneo Connect, the 'smart people mover' C-segment of the Blue Oval, offering new high-efficiency motors and driver assistance technologies that are new to the segment.

The Tourneo Connect will be available with the new 1.5 TDCi, 7% more efficient than the previous 1.6 TDCi, with 4.3 l / 100 km *. The new diesel engine will also be coupled with automatic transmission Powershift.

The Tourneo Connect will be equipped with innovative technologies like the system of traffic sign recognition (Traffic Sign Recognition) systems monitoring and maintenance of the lane (Lane Keeping Alert and Lane Keeping Aid), the MyKey programmable key and the system connectivity and enhanced voice commands SYNC 2.

The Tourneo Connect is one of the 'people mover' Ford the most successful in Europe, with over 10,000 units sold in 2014, and is available both in 5 places in the 7 seats (Connect7), both characterized by innovative solutions for the management of the space. Alongside the Tourneo Courier and the Tourneo Custom in the family of 'people mover' Ford.

"The Tourneo Connect meets the needs of the families by the active lifestyle and contemporary," said Jim Baumbick, Head of global C-segment car, Ford. "With an update that further reduces fuel costs and innovative technologies such as traffic sign recognition, it will be able to guarantee to the families travel more secure and serene."

The new 1.5 TDCi engine is a high efficiency that meets the Euro 6 replaces the previous 1.6 TDCi. It will be available in 75, 100 and 120 horses.

The Tourneo Connect is available with the award-winning 1.0 3-cylinder EcoBoost engine, a 100 hp version that provides the 5-seater efficiency 'best in class' of 5.6 l / 100 km with emissions 129 g / km of CO2.

Innovative technologies Safety and driver assistance

The Ford Tourneo Connect product is based on the global platform C Blue Oval, the same used for the Focus and Kuga. Through the use of shared platforms, Ford is able to bring on board a 'people mover' driving dynamics and technologies derived in direct line from the car.  On board the Tourneo Connect will be available:

• The monitoring and maintenance of the lane (Lane Keeping Alert and Lane Keeping Aid), that control the position of the vehicle relative to the sides of the lane, alert the driver in the event of involuntary deviation from the optimal trajectory and help him to bring the vehicle in the correct direction

• The system of traffic sign recognition (Traffic Sign Recognition), showing the display driving the speed limit and overtaking bans in force, recognized by the onboard camera

• The monitoring system of the gray area (Blind Spot Information System), which warns you with a lamp inserted in the door mirrors (electrically folding now also on board the Tourneo Connect), the presence of vehicles in the vicinity of the car, where the driver might not see them

• The automatic headlights (Auto High Beam), which are deactivated in the presence of other vehicles, both above, is proceeding in the opposite direction

•  The system Ford SYNC connectivity and voice commands 2 with Emergency Assistance, which recognizes natural language and, among other things, is able to show the browser a list of restaurants close by simply saying the words 'I'm hungry'

• Ford MyKey programmable key, which allows you to configure some parameters of the car to promote a driving style more responsible when parents lend your car to the children. MyKey can limit the maximum speed, reduce the maximum volume of the stereo, zeroing when a person on board not wearing seat belts, and prevent the deactivation of safety technologies and driver assistance.

The compact Tourneo Courier is even more efficient

Ford has also upgraded the Tourneo Courier, which now reaches an efficiency 'best in class' of 5.1 l / 100 km, with 115 g / km of CO2 emissions, in the version with EcoBoost petrol engine 1.0 with Start & Stop. The Tourneo Courier will be available with the 1.5 TDCi, in versions 75 and 95 horses, both characterized by an efficiency of 3.7 l / 100 km and 96 g / km of CO2 emissions (with Start & Stop and Speed ​​Limiter optional ).