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A locking cap was standard on later models. 4 Wheel Drive (Syncro) models have the fuel tank in the rear above the transmission so the filler is on the right-side rear corner. The spare tyre lies in a tray under the very front of the van, just below the radiator. Volkswagen T3, Club Joker, 1981, Air-cooled, one front grill
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 .
Volkswagen has previously used the term "Syncro" for its 4WD models, such as in Volkswagen T3. [ 1 ] Of the Volkswagen Group's other marques , the " quattro " nomenclature is used for 4WD Audi cars.
Volkswagen Transporter (T5) Volkswagen Routan (U.S. & Canada) The Volkswagen Transporter (T4) , marketed in North America as the Volkswagen EuroVan , is a van produced by the German manufacturer Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles between 1990 and 2004, succeeding the Volkswagen Type 2 (T3) and superseded by the Volkswagen Transporter (T5) .
The Volkswagen Transporter, initially the Type 2, [2] is a range of light commercial vehicles, built as vans, pickups, and cab-and-chassis variants, introduced in 1950 by the German automaker Volkswagen as their second mass-production light motor vehicle series, and inspired by an idea and request from then-Netherlands-VW-importer Ben Pon.
In 1979 Volkswagen introduced the third generation of Transporter, the T3/T25/Vanagon. Karmann then launched the Gipsy, with an over-cab sleeping compartment. Later it launched the Karmann Cheetah, with design changes. When VW launched the Syncro, Karmann offered this model.
The Transporter Sportline is the range-topping trim level of the Transporter panel and Kombi van. It comes as standard with a 174 PS (128 kW; 172 bhp) Turbocharged Direct Injection (TDI) diesel engine, generating torque of 400 newton-metres (295 lbf⋅ft) at 2,000 rpm, and is mated to a six-speed manual gearbox.
Production of Volkswagen camper variants continued until 2003 and was based on the Kombi, then the Vanagon, then the LT Mk 1, then the Transporter. Other coachbuilders, including Dormobile, EZ Camper, ASI/Riviera, Holdsworth, Danbury Motorcaravans, and VW Sun-Dial, also built campers based on the Transporter.