The all-new Ford Transit makes its North American debut with more durable paint, thanks to an industry-first paint technology now in use at Kansas City Assembly Plant.
The Transit vehicles built in Kansas City are the first to use the new two-wet monocoat paint process developed by Ford and its paint suppliers. Advanced weathering testing indicates that paint applied with the new process will retain 90 percent of its gloss at four years in service compared to 1 percent gloss retention for paint applied using a conventional monocoat process, based on preliminary tests. The technology uses less energy and water, and reduces carbon dioxide and particulate emissions compared with conventional paint processes.
