In the 2010s, American consumers weren't ready for Ford's tiny and boxy people mover. This is more of a story of mistiming.

When the original Ford Transit Connect arrived in 2009, it was applauded as an innovative "white space" model and received the 2010 North American Truck of the Year award. That first Transit Connect, ...

Ford hasn't sold a conventional minivan since the death of the blobby Ford Freestar in 2007, and that void has since been filled with the Transit Connect. The current, second-generation model was ...