The Ford Transit Connect is a light-to-medium duty commerical vehicle developed by Ford of Europe , available with either panel van or MPV bodywork. Introduced in 2002, it replaced the older Escort van range which had ceased production two years earlier.

Despite the name, it shares very little in the way of componentry from the standard Transit. The Connect is built by Ford-Otosan in an all new production plant near Kocaeli, Turkey.