Hartwell has been given Transit Centre status as part of Ford’s new specialist van network.

The Transit Centre is at Hartwell’s Abingdon site and has a dedicated team of commercial vehicle sales specialists and technicians.

Ford is rolling out 100 Transit Centres across the UK which offer extended opening hours and specialist services for commercial vehicle customers.

Ian Wilmore, Hartwell Abingdon general manager, said: “We are feeling positive as we go into the New Year, enquiries are up and this is only going to improve as Ford introduces new commercial models in the coming months.”

All Transit Centres offer Ford’s Transit24 aftersales programme, which aims to minimise vehicle downtime and reducing the running cost throughout the van’s lifetime.

Ford will have a range of four new commercial vehicles this year, the Transit Courer, Transit Connect, Tranist Custom and Transit.