Puma-based MPV turns all-electric but aims to retain its usefulness
It’s been a tough decade for Ford of Europe, leaving the brand a shadow of its former self. The positive spin that the management has tried to put on the process, you may remember, is that it’s “transitioning into an SUV brand” – a trend that even the firm’s commercial vehicle spin-offs have tried to reflect.Now we check in with the smallest of them. Although its nameplate has roots stretching back to US-market pick-ups of the 1950s, the Courier has only been a part of Ford of Europe’s product catalogue since the early 1990s. The company hit on the idea of making twinned Transit (commercial) and Tourneo (MPV) Courier models in 2014. It used the Ford Puma’s model platform and Romanian production line as the basis for the latest version, which was launched in 2023.In 2025, meanwhile, after the Puma itself had been electrified, it meant the Courier could be, which brings us to our test subject: the Ford e-Tourneo Courier. We tested the equivalent Ecoboost petrol version almost two years ago. So how does this EV version compare?
