Volkswagen Transporter

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Volkswagen Transporter
File:2017 Volkswagen Transporter BlueMotion.jpg
Overview
Manufacturer Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
Also called
Production November 1949 – present
Assembly Germany: Hanover
Body and chassis
Class Light commercial vehicle/Large MPV (Multivan/Caravelle) (M)
Body style

The Volkswagen Transporter, based on the Volkswagen Group's T platform, now in its seventh generation, refers to a series of vans produced for over 70 years and marketed worldwide.

The T series is now considered an official Volkswagen Group automotive platform.[1][2] and generations are sequentially named T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6 and T7. Pre-dating the T platform designations, the first three generations were named Type 2, indicating their relative position to the Type 1, or Beetle. As part of the T platform, the first three generations are retroactively named T1, T2 and T3.

The Transporter is the best-selling van in history with over 12 million units sold worldwide,[3] and it comprises a gamut of variants including vans, minivans, minibuses, pick-ups and campervans. Competitors include the Ford Transit, Toyota HiAce and Mercedes-Benz Vito.

Type 2

T1 (1950)

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Main article: Volkswagen Type 2 (T1)

Initially derived from the Volkswagen Type 1 (Volkswagen Beetle), the Volkswagen Type 2 (T1) was the first generation of Volkswagen's Transporter family.

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    T1 (front)

  • 1964 Volkswagen T1 Transporter Kombi bus (6106456722).jpg

    T1 (rear)

T2 (1967)

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Main article: Volkswagen Type 2 (T2)

The Volkswagen T2 platform[2] was marketed from 1967 through 1979 model years, with a Volkswagen Type 4 engine optionally available from 1972 on.

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    T2

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    T2b Camper

T3 (1979)

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Main article: Volkswagen Type 2 (T3)

The Volkswagen (Type 2) T3 Transporter, also known as T25 in the UK or VW Vanagon in the United States, was introduced in 1979. The T3 Transporter was one of the last all-new bodied Volkswagen platforms that still used an air-cooled, rear-engine design.

Compared to its predecessor, (the T2), the T3 was sturdier and heavier, with a slightly larger, much more square and boxy body, that offered more usable interior space than the original models' rounded front side, roof, and edges. The T3, with its front now folding sharply along a horizontal middle axis, instead of the old model's curve, is sometimes called "the wedge" by enthusiasts, to differentiate it from earlier VW "Kombis".

The Volkswagen air-cooled boxer engine was supplanted by a water-cooled one – though still rear-mounted – in 1983. Both Porsche and Oettinger built six-cylinder versions of the T3 Transporter in very small numbers, with the Porsche-built version achieving a top speed around 200 km/h (125 mph).

A four-wheel drive Syncro model was introduced, premiering in January 1985.[4]

While production of the T3 ended in Europe with the Syncro produced in Austria until 1992, the T3 was also produced in South Africa, until 2002.

  • T3 (front)

  • 1984-1986 Volkswagen Caravelle (253) CL van (2015-12-07) 02.jpg

    T3 (rear)

Transporter/Multivan

T4 (1990)

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Main article: Volkswagen Transporter (T4)

The first officially designated "T platform" vehicle, the Volkswagen Transporter (T4)[1] dramatically updated the Volkswagen van line by using a front-mounted, front-wheel drive, water-cooled engine. The T4 was marketed in North America as the Volkswagen Eurovan.

  • VW Transporter 2.5Tdi 2002.jpg

    T4 (front)

  • VW T4 rear 20080215.jpg

    T4 (rear)

T5 (2003)

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Main article: Volkswagen Transporter (T5)

2003 (pre-facelift)

The Volkswagen Transporter (T5)[1][2] is a variant of the Volkswagen T platform. In North America it is sold in Mexico but neither in the United States nor Canada. As with other light trucks, the T5 range would face a 25% tariff, known as the chicken tax, if imported to the US.

  • VW T5 Transporter front 20080811.jpg

    T5 (front; pre-facelift)

  • VW T5 Transporter rear 20080811.jpg

    T5 (rear; pre-facelift)

2009 (facelift)

  • VW Transporter TDI (T5) Facelift front 20100902.jpg

    T5 (front; facelift)

  • VW Transporter TDI (T5) Facelift rear 20100902.jpg

    T5 (rear; facelift)

The Transporter T5 range received a facelift in late 2009. Updated powertrain options include common rail diesel engines, and a world-first usage in a light commercial vehicle of a dual clutch transmission – namely Volkswagen Group's 7-speed Direct-Shift Gearbox (DSG).

T6 (2016)

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Main article: Volkswagen Transporter (T6)

In 2016, Volkswagen released the T6 Transporter which is based on the T5 Transporter. A refreshed version was first shown in 2019 as the T6.1 Transporter.

  • 2017 Volkswagen Transporter T28 Highline TDi 2.0 Front.jpg

    T6 (front; facelift)

  • 2018 Volkswagen Transporter T32 Highline TDi 2.0.jpg

    T6 (rear; facelift)

T7 (2022)

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Main article: Volkswagen Multivan (T7)

The T7 was released in November 2021 with petrol, diesel and PHEV variants. The version first released was the minivan, and panel van variants will come sometime in 2024.

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    T7 (front)

  • VW Multivan 2.0 TDI Life (T7) – h 22012023.jpg

    T7 (rear)

See also

References

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