Transit Van Challenge

Richard Hammond introduces Sabine Schmitz’s attempt to drive a transit van around the Nurburgring in under ten minutes

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Part 2

Sabine Schmitz is a German former professional motor racing driver for BMW, now known for driving the BMW “Ring taxi” around the Nürburgring race track as well as being a television personality.

The Ford Transit is a range of panel vans, minibuses and pickup trucks, produced by the Ford Motor Company in Europe. The Transit has been the best-selling light commercial vehicle in Europe for 40 years, and in some countries the term “Transit” has passed into common usage as a generic term applying to any light commercial van in the Transit’s size bracket. Over 5,000,000 Transits have been produced since 1965 across three basic platforms with several “facelift” versions of each.