Forvia SE
The Ford A series is a range of light trucks built by Ford UK during the 1970s and 1980s in their Langley plant in Berkshire. Ford had identified a gap in the market for vehicles of between 3.5 tons Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW) and 5.5 tons GVW and marketed the A Series as 'Ford's Go-Between'. The vehicles bridged the gap between the relatively small Transit and the bigger D series. By the time it finished production in 1983 Ford could report that whilst the A Series had sold relatively well in France and West Germany, it had always sold in smaller numbers in Britain and was no longer regarded as a viable project.. At the time, Ford also pointed to the need for tachographs in vehicles over 3.5 tonnes having deterred some A Series customers. It is also possibly the case that Ford had found the A Series' competition increasingly successful, notably the Mercedes-Benz T2 and Chrysler's Dodge 50.
If you'd bought from year…
Same habit, different start year. Each row shows what a constant habit's worth of FRVIA-PA would be worth today, had you started buying at that point in the asset's history.
| Started | $6/day$6/day coffee | $42/wk$42/week coffee |
|---|---|---|
| Year 1 (2000) — listing | $23,792 0.6× | $33,925 0.6× |
| Year 6 (2005) | $20,958 0.6× | $29,956 0.6× |
| Year 11 (2010) | $15,841 0.6× | $22,659 0.6× |
| Year 16 (2015) | $9,582 0.5× | $13,697 0.5× |
| Year 21 (2020) | $6,979 0.7× | $9,973 0.7× |
| Year 26 (2025) | $2,435 1.1× | $3,503 1.1× |
Repeated investment, no fees, dividends reinvested. $6/day coffee = $180 / month equivalent.
Headquarters
Nanterre, France
Popular scenarios with FRVIA
For illustration only — not investment advice. Past performance is not indicative of future results.