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Van of the Year award. [6] Fleet Van Awards 2008 – Best Medium Van. [12] Automotive TOTAL Excellium MPG Marathon 2008 – Best in Class. [13] In 2004, the T5 range won the prestigious International Van of the Year which is voted by the top Editors and Journalists from fleet, van and truck publications. [6]
Volkswagen Transporter Kombi (T6.1) Highline. Volkswagen unveiled the updated T6.1 version of the T6 at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2019. Essentially a mid-cycle refresh, the main updates were electric power steering, which allows for the implementation of more driver assist functions compared to the T6.
LWB short-nosed Panel Van SWB short-nosed Kombi van Volkswagen Transporter rear LWB short-nosed Double cab Pickup (aka Doka) Part of the success of the T4 was its versatility. It was available in many forms and sizes as standard and formed the basis of many specialist vehicles, from buses to campervans to ambulances.
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.
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, campervans, and chassis cab and pickup trucks. Competitors include the Ford Transit, Toyota HiAce and Mercedes-Benz Vito.
Vehicle size classes are series of ratings assigned to different segments of automotive vehicles for the purposes of vehicle emissions control and fuel economy calculation. . Various methods are used to classify vehicles; in North America, passenger vehicles are classified by total interior capacity while trucks are classified by gross vehicle weight rating (GV
The van was based on the luxurious Carat model, and came equipped with the 231 PS (170 kW) 3.2 litre Carrera engine. It was originally developed to support Porsche's testing activities in Algeria. Ten were built, with some sold by Porsche to special customers, even having a Porsche VIN . [ 23 ]
The new design specifications for a larger transporter as an additional series ranged from 2.8 tons gross vehicle weight to 3.5 tons. The layout was a conventional rear drive with the engine located above the front axle, in a forward control or 'cab over' design. The new Volkswagen van was launched in 1975 in Berlin.