Our Ford Transit Custom Sport reveals its tach
I called it an 'oversight' and made my displeasure known. After all, what manufacturer in 2025 decides to deliberately omit a rev-counter from a vehicle fitted with a modern turbodiesel engine? Especially when you have a large 8" digital instrument cluster at your disposal.
Anyway, it turns out I was mistaken.
The other day, while sitting in the van waiting for my partner to return from the shop, I was bored and decided to press the menu button on the steering wheel to waste a few minutes.
I've performed this action before but in this instance I was not in a rush so I could spend more time analysing the sub-menus that popped up in the display. I scrolled down, selected 'Settings' and then, right at the bottom of the list, 'Display'.
It was here I had an eureka moment as I learnt I could configure the right side of the gauge to display a tachometer. In this menu I also discovered I could customise the speedometer to mimic a classic, old-school round dial as opposed to a numbered readout.
I checked this option at the same time.
I thumbed the back button a few times and to my satisfaction saw the instrument cluster now featured a vertical tachometer. Suffice to say it's been something of a game changer to the Custom Sport 'ownership' experience and something I've been missing over the past few thousand kilometres. I'm big on mechanical sympathy and as such I like keeping tabs of engine revs, particularly in cars powered by diesel and particularly when they're warming up (which usually takes longer than in a petrol car).
So, sorry Ford. Maybe I'm getting to that age where I'm confused by tech or perhaps I should spend more time reading my owner's manuals. Either way, I hope we can put this indiscretion behind us and move on.
2025 Ford Transit Custom Sport | Update 4
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