Ford has announced that the Econoline, the full-size that is widely used in North America for wheelchair vans, medical transports, and taxis, will end production and be replaced by the Transit in 2013. The Econoline has been sold in North America for decades and has become the mainstay of wheelchair vans, becoming the full-size vehicle of choice when one's wheelchair does not fit into a minivan.
The Transit is not a bad replacement at all. Outside North America, it shares the same reputation as the Econoline and performs exactly the same purpose. To prove its capabilities, Ford has been putting the van through the same tests to ensure that the Transit can handle the same abuse that the Econoline has been subjected to for decades. With a variety of lengths, heights, engines, and even the choice of front or rear wheel drive, the Transit should be able to fill the big shoes in the wheelchair van market that will be left when the Econoline production finishes.
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