Volkswagen Transporter

Volkswagen Transporter
Volkswagen Transporter
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Overview
Manufacturer	Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
Also called	Volkswagen Type 2 (until 2002); Kombi;
Production	November 1949 – present
Assembly	Germany: Hanover
Body and chassis
Class	Light commercial vehicle/Large MPV (Multivan/Caravelle) (M)
Body style	Van (cargo/passenger); Pick-up; Minibus; Crew cab; chassis cab; Campervan;

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)

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)
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T1 (rear)

T2 (1967)

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)

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)
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T3 (rear)

Transporter/Multivan

T4 (1990)

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.

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T4 (front)
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T4 (rear)

T5 (2003)

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.

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T5 (front; pre-facelift)
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T5 (rear; pre-facelift)

2009 (facelift)

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T5 (front; facelift)
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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)

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.

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T6 (front; facelift)
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T6 (rear; facelift)

T7 (2022)

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)
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T7 (rear)

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New Small Family platform (PQ1x) (ultra-compact city cars)	NSF (PQ12)
A00 platform (city cars)	A00
A0 platform (PQ2x) (superminis)	A01 A02 A03 A04 (PQ24) A05 (PQ25)
A platform (PQ3x) (compact and mid-size cars)	A1 A2 A3 A4 (PQ34) A5 (PQ35)
B platform (PQ4x/PL4x) (various mid-size cars)	B1 BX B2 B3 B4 B5 (PL45) B6 (PL46, PQ46) B7 (PL47) MLB/MLP (B8)
C platform (mid-size/luxury Audis)	C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6
D platform (PL6x) (large/luxury sedans)	D1/D11 D2 D3 D4 D1 (VW Phaeton/Bentley)
E platform (PL7x) (mid-size/luxury SUVs)	PL71
T platform (Transporters)	T1 T2 T3 T4 T5
Modular platforms	MQB (Modular Transversal) MLB (Modular Longitudinal) MSS (Modular Sports-Car System)
Other platforms and vehicles	B-VX62 (MPVs) LT/T1N (vans and small trucks) Amarok (pickup truck)

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Pickup truck																																								Taro																					Amarok
Campervan																																						Westfalia California																California (T5)
Panel van derivatives	Type 2 (T1)																		Type 2 (T2)												Transporter (T3)													Transporter (T4)												Transporter (T5)
Panel van derivatives																										LT I																					LT II										Crafter
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Economy	Beetle (Type 1)
Compact												Fastback / Squareback (Type 3)														Rabbit I
Compact																										Dasher
Mid-size																					Type 4
Mid-size																			K70 (NSU)
Coupé						Karmann Ghia																				Scirocco I
Convertible	Beetle Convertible
								Karmann Ghia Convertible
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Van	Microbus (Type 2 - T1)																		Microbus (Type 2 - T2)
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Type	1980s										1990s										2000s										2010s
Type	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2	3	4	5	6
Subcompact								Fox
Compact	Rabbit I					Golf II								Golf III						Golf IV							Rabbit V				Golf VI					Golf VII
	Jetta I					Jetta II								Jetta III						Jetta IV						Jetta V						Jetta VI
	Dasher																		New Beetle														Beetle
Mid-size			Quantum								Passat III				Passat IV				Passat V							Passat VI							Passat VII
Full-size																									Phaeton
Coupé	Scirocco I		Scirocco II								Corrado																			CC
Convertible	Rabbit Convertible					Cabriolet										Cabrio											Eos
Convertible																								New Beetle Convertible										Beetle
Van	Vanagon													Eurovan																Routan
Pickup	Rabbit Pickup
Crossover																														Tiguan
Mid-size SUV																									Touareg							Touareg II
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		Voyage / Gacel I						Voyage / Amazon / Senda IF										Polo Classic (Polo III)												Voyage V
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Large family car					Santana / Corsar / Carat / Quantum I (Passat II)							Santana / Corsar / Carat / Quantum IF (Passat II)
Van																	Caddy III
Pickup truck					Saveiro I				Saveiro IF									Saveiro II			Saveiro III						Saveiro IV			Saveiro V
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Panel van	Kombi (Type 2)
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Volkswagen Transporter

Contents

Type 2

T1 (1950)

T2 (1967)

T3 (1979)

Transporter/Multivan

T4 (1990)

T5 (2003)

2003 (pre-facelift)

2009 (facelift)

T6 (2016)

T7 (2022)

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