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[jabrabu]

One item not mentioned yet is the cockpit design. I have a 2018 Chateau built on a 2017 E450 chassis, and the interior still looks like it's from the 80's. Ford obviously hasn't done much design updating to the Econoline in a long time. It also has a very intrusive doghouse, especially for the passenger, and has a very high cabin noise level. And the front suspension and steering still use the twin I-beam design that my dad's 1965 Ford pickup did. So I would expect the newer Transit chassis to be a lot better as far ergonomics, infotainment systems, driveability, and noise levels. I know the new E450 chassis made some updates to the information displays, but the overall interior and suspension/steering design is still very outdated. That's why so many of us add steering controllers, swaybars, and sound insulation to our E350/E450 based RVs.