As Ford Authority previously reported, the Ford Transit is celebrating quite the milestone in 2025 – 60 years of existence – after the very first example of that model rolled off the assembly line back in 1965. The Transit lineup has expanded and evolved in a major way over the ensuing six decades, now consisting of the full-size Transit, as well as the Courier, Connect, and Custom, each of which is offered with electrified powertrain options and the full suite of Ford Pro software, though it continues to top the sales charts everywhere it’s sold.
On top of that impressive feat, it’s worth noting that nearly all U.S.-built Ford Transit vans, specifically, are still on the roads in that country today. According to data from S&P Global Mobility, that figure is 98 percent, in fact, which is a pretty amazing statistic for any sort of vehicle, let alone one that’s largely focused on the commercial vehicle market. U.S. Production of the Ford Transit began at the Kansas City Assembly plant in 2014, which – since then – has churned out more than 1.5 million examples of that model, while 13 million have been produced globally since its launch in 1965.
The Ford Transit has long dominated the full-size van sales charts in the U.S. as well, success that continued into the first quarter of 2025. During that three-month span, Transit sales actually decreased by 16.69 percent, from 36,999 units in Q1 2024 to 30,824 in Q1 2025, but it didn’t change the rankings in that segment. In fact, the Transit still held a 44 percent market share in that timeframe, compared to the 21 percent owned by the second-place Ram ProMaster.
As for the Ford brand itself, it also ranked highly in terms of having the most vehicles still operating on U.S. roads, information that comes from Experian’s Q3 2024 Automotive Market Trends Report, Ford once again topped the list of brands that have the most vehicles on U.S. roads at 14.7 percent, followed by Chevy (13.4 percent), Toyota (12.9 percent), Honda (8.4 percent), Nissan (5.9 percent), Dodge/Ram (5.8 percent), Jeep (4.3 percent), GMC (3.8 percent), Hyundai (3.4 percent), Subaru (2.9 percent), Kia (2.9 percent), Lexus (1.9 percent), Mercedes-Benz (1.9 percent), BMW (1.9 percent), Volkswagen (1.8 percent), Mazda (1.8 percent), Chrysler (1.3 percent), Buick (1.3 percent), Cadillac (1.1 percent), and Acura (1.0 percent).
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