Dean:

I have an LT and have had a Transit - neither were mini-motorhomes … both of mine were/are rear-wheel drive cab/chassis with dump bodies; both were 2001 model years imported from Europe.   

The Transit (generation 3) had slightly difference body styling; less durable interior; and a 2.2l Duratorq.  It is also quite different than previous generations of the Transit …. much like the LT MKII was a very different vehicle than the MKI

I wasn't implying there is collaboration to the point of a single factory badging different brands off a single set of assembly lines.  Each vendor's offering is distinctly theirs. 

You are likely correct and I took the collaboration literature/storyline too seriously …  perhaps the growing commonality between manufactures light fleet vehicles is just the inevitable outcome of outsourcing subsystem design and production to third-parties.

On my way out to install a new set of {Mercedes - made by Bosch} brakes on my VW LT :-)

> On 26-Aug-2017, at 12:53, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:
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>       Not sure why Ford Transit is in this list as it is entirely Ford Designed & Built while VW Crafter is a Rebranded
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> Mercedes Sprinter, as are Dodge & FreightLiner Sprinters ~ The Sprinter came on the scene in 1995 & the Transit
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> that the Sprinter Looks Most Like hit the streets in 1986 ~ ~ They are all just Mini MotorHomes ~
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>       What the heck does the Media have to do with it ~ 
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>                                                                                       ORR ~ DeanB
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> On 26 Aug , 2017, at 6:31 AM, Roy Nicholl wrote:
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>> Gotta love the media.  The Mercedes Sprinter, VW Crafter, Ford Transit, Fiat Ducato, Peugeot Boxer, Renault Master, Iveco Daily, etc are all based/derived on the world platform originally championed by VW and Mercedes and, as a consequence, are all very similar vehicles.
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>>> On 25-Aug-2017, at 23:21, David OKC 🇺🇸 <okdavid55@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
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>>> It’s Friday. How about one for the wish-list?
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>>> https://www.yahoo.com/style/m/a08a0c30-7115-3ecb-a99d-e7baaacee50f/ss_vw-california-xxl-is-the.html 
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