Ford’s domination of the van sales chart in the UK hides a weakness that it hopes to plug through a new partnership with Renault.
News that Renault will build Ford two small electric cars, one a Fiesta replacement, overshadowed the announcement that the two plan to work together on the development of future vans. And of the two, the van partnership could be the more significant.
“We are matched very well,” Ford CEO Jim Farley said on 8 December.