The popular van classified advertising site, Vanlocator has just reached the milestone of 700 Ford Transit vans for sale.

The Ford Transit is the UK’s best-selling van and has been in the 45 years since it has been marketed in the UK.  To celebrate this fact a special edition Transit called 'Sapphire' is rolling off the line at Ford's Southampton plant. Ford has now made more than 2.1 million sales in Britain since it was created in 1965.

Ford's European manufacturing vice president, Ken Macfarlane, handed the keys to the Sapphire to Paul Hendy, managing director of Britain's first Ford dealer which reaches its own 100 years milestone this year. The Hendy Group sells around 3,000 Transits a year, Paul Hendy said: "Transit has been an integral part of the business for many years. As one of the country's leading suppliers of Transit we are thrilled to be involved in such a key milestone for Transit, especially as we celebrate our centenary as a Ford dealer this year."