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Ford Courier | |
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Overview | |
Manufacturer | Ford |
Production | 1952–1960 1971–2013 |
Model years | 1952–1960 (sedan delivery) 1972–2007 (compact pickup) 1991–2002 (compact panel van) 1998–2013 (coupe utility) |
Chronology | |
Successor | Ford Transit Courier (Europe) Ford Transit Connect (Europe) Ford Ranger Ford Ranger (T6) (Europe and Brazil) Ford Maverick (Americas) |
Ford Courier is a model nameplate used by Ford since the early 1950s. The Courier moniker has been used on a variety of vehicles all around the world since it was first used in North America for a sedan delivery. The Courier nameplate was also used by Ford for a series of compact pickup trucks (produced by Mazda) and would also see use by Ford of Europe denoting a Fiesta-based panel van. Ford Brazil used the nameplate for a Fiesta-based coupe utility pickup marketed across Latin America.
During the 2000s, the Courier pickup truck was replaced by the Ranger nameplate (which replaced the Courier in North America for 1983); the Courier panel van was replaced by the Ford Transit Connect in 2002. For 2014, the stand-alone Courier name was withdrawn, but returned as the Transit Courier, the smallest vehicle of the Ford Transit van series.