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Ive had good success with CarGurus web site. I can set search criteria up to I believe nationwide. It doesn't have all of the available TCs but can be a good tool. If I find one I like on there then Id'll look at it with the Ford dealer inventory website. To get different areas I chang the zip code I'm looking in. There are other auto locator website out there as well. I have a 2016 Titanium and have enjoyed the options. Why do the dealers hide the TCs? They don't care about selling them, big volume is selling F150s and SUVs and that is where they focus. I've often thought if Ford pushed the TC wagon more there would be a lot more sales.

@Fifty 150 Let's see. If you are sitting in your vehicle with the air on, the multi-speaker stereo blasting, driving an automatic, on cruise control,with the LCDs playing a movie etc., are you really driving? Or just another guy taking refuge from the wife. Sorry but I am 74 years old and can no longer do tent camping. What is the more likely scenario is I'm sitting around a campfire in a forested area watching the moon and the stars while enjoying a cold brew after I grilled a great steak over the campfire. Then when I can't stay awake anymore from all the fresh air, I crawl into my bed and watch the 10 PM news and fall asleep only to be wakened 6 hours later by the chirping birds. Can anyone else vision that?

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I'm going to throw out a crazy/radical premonition that you prognosticators can toss around, beat up and chastise. What if Ford decides to drop the wagon version of the TC altogether? I've always had this thought that Ford imported the TC as a wagon model for the primary reason to skirt the chicken tax and they figured they could sell a few wagons along the way. But the primary purpose of importing the TC was to provide a cargo model to the viable commercial market. Based on the referenced WIKI link below, 85% of the vans imported are for cargo sales. Interesting to read about the Tariff Circumvention highlights. When Ford moves production to Mexico, the requirement to have the wagon version around is eliminated, if that was a reason. The question remains is there enough of a market to warranty its sales? Ford dropped passenger cars due to poor sales. Ford dropped the Windstar back in 1997 due to poor sales and didn't pick back up with a passenger van until 2010. That's a long gap in the market. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Transit_Connect Tariff circumvention Ford imports all Transit Connects as passenger vehicles with rear windows, rear seats, and rear seat-belts to circumvent the 25% tariff on imported light trucks.[1] The vehicles are exported from Turkey on cargo ships owned by Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics, arrive in Baltimore, and are converted into commercial vehicles at WWL Vehicle Services Americas Inc. facility: rear windows are replaced with metal panels and rear seats removed (except on wagons).[1] The removed parts are recycled.[1] The process exploited a perceived loophole in the customs definition of a commercial vehicle. As cargo does not need seats with seat belts or rear windows, presence of those items exempts the vehicle from commercial vehicle status. The conversion cost Ford hundreds of dollars per van but saved thousands over having to pay the tax.[1] Partly because of this, only the long-wheelbase, high-roof configuration is exported to North America. In most places the high-roof Transit Connect, like most Ford Econoline vans, is unable to access multi-story parking because of its height of 1.98 m (6′ 6″).[26] As of July 2018, Ford continues to employ the loophole but has been continuously in court over the practice.[27] On June 7, 2019, the United States won its appeal in the Federal Appellate Court. The court determined that the Ford Transit Connect was a vehicle for the transportation of cargo.[28] Since 2019 production, the conversion process of Transit Connects has undergone major revision. While all vehicles are still imported from Spain as passenger vehicles and converted to cargo vans (a process that happens to approximately 85% of Transit Connects imported to North America[18]), the conversion no longer involves the disposal/recycling of the removed parts; instead, the removed rear seats and rear windows are shipped to Ford in Spain for reuse.[18]

What difference does Mercedes options make? Our van is based on the same core platform as the Focus, and the Focus ST has AWD, so it would be very easy for Ford to offer on the TC as an option. For that matter, they could easily offer manual trans (also available in certain Focus - Focii? And international TC's, obviously - add diesel options there, even), but that is essentially dead in the US because of ridiculous EPA & overbearing emissions junk; the computer needs the automatic to maintain maximum control of the engine & emissions. Ralph, most used vehicle websites don't have specific color names in their search because there are literally thousands of color names, so they just use generic "red" "blue" black" etc. So about the only real way to search is using Google itself (ala "race red Transit Connect Titanium for sale") - but then, you're also assuming that the selling ad specifically says "Race Red" instead of just "Red", again with the point about classified sites not having manufacturer-specific color names so then you're hoping for the sellers description to say it. The only way to know for sure if a particular red TC is "race red" is by looking at the pics yourself, so I predict you'll look at a lot of "red" TC's (not that there's all that many to begin with) before you finally find your unicorn. As other members have said in other threads about your search, why not just get a different TC Titanium for probably 1/4-1/3 of what you would be paying for a R.R. TCT, and get it repainted by a quality shop?? No three-year search, no waiting, no shipping a van across country, no paying insane premium prices because the dealer saw you coming from ten miles away, etc. But, hey, you do you.

Hope you find one, I love my Race Red! I still get many compliments. I have a friend that ordered one on November 18th, he's getting it at the end of this month, so 2 1/2 months, not bad. They are moving production to Mexico for 2021 model year, should be much quicker to get one then.

Yes, that's true and what I did. I got exactly what I wanted. But truth be told, you wait forever and then have to pay sticker price, because they know you want it. I managed a few discounts, but not much compared to the incentives for buying what's on the dealer's lot. More bargaining power. You be the judge.

I find two XLT passenger wagons at Battlefield Ford in Manassas, Va. Race Red. Have no Idea where you are and don't know what you consider "loaded". Ford is going to limit your search so they can keep the stealership in control. I suspect the salesman did not divulge the location of that "one Race Red Titanium". Decide how far you want to travel, be patient and search within that area.

Man Cave? On location......and that location is wherever the heck you want to be at that moment in time. That kind of homelessness by choice is not so bad. I do understand your point. I do need some wilderness refreshment.......how about opening the large barn doors that our transit connects have......does that count? Seriously that's why I love the TC so much. The van is so small that when I open all of the doors, side, back, etc. there isn't any van left..... just wide open wilderness...... but with a roof for shade.

What kind of a church is that? Or was it a MLM conference?