Volkswagen Transporter

The Volkswagen Transporter, based on the Volkswagen

Group's T platform, now in its fth generation, refers to
a series of vans produced over 60 years and marketed
worldwide.
The T series is now considered an ocial Volkswagen
Group automotive platform.[1][2] and generations are sequentially named T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5. Pre-dating the
T platform designations, the rst three generations were
named Type 2, indicating their relative position to the
Type 1, or Beetle. As part of the T platform, the rst
three generations are retroactively named T1, T2 and T3.
The Transporter range of light commercial vehicles comprise a gamut of variants including vans, minivans,
minibuses, pick-ups, campervans. Competitors include Volkswagen Type2 (T1)
the Ford Transit, Toyota Hiace and Mercedes-Benz Vito.

Volkswagen Transporter (T5)

Volkswagen Type2 (T2)

T1 Type 2 (19501967)

3 T3 Type 2 (19791992)

Main article: Volkswagen Type 2 (T1)

Main article: Volkswagen Type 2 (T3)

Initially derived from the Volkswagen Type 1 The Volkswagen Type 2 (T3), also known as the T25,
(Volkswagen Beetle), the Volkswagen Type 2 (T1) was or Vanagon in the United States, was one of the last new
the rst generation of Volkswagen's Transporter family. Volkswagen platforms to use an air-cooled engine. The
Volkswagen air-cooled engine was succeeded by a watercooled boxer engine (still rear-mounted) in 1983.

T2 Type 2 (19671980)
4 T4 Transporter (19902003)

Main article: Volkswagen Type 2 (T2)

The Volkswagen T2 platform[2] was marketed from Main article: Volkswagen Transporter (T4)
1967 through 1979 model years, with a Volkswagen Type
4 engine optionally available from 1972 on.
The rst ocially designated T platform vehicle, the
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The Volkswagen Transporter (T5)[1][2] is the current

variant of the Volkswagen T platform. In North America
it is sold in Mexico but not in the United States or Canada.
As with other light trucks, the T5 range would face a 25%
tari, known as the chicken tax, if imported to the US.
The Transporter T5 range received a facelift in late 2009.
Updated powertrain options include common rail diesel
engines, and a world-rst usage in a light commercial vehicle of a dual clutch transmission namely Volkswagen
Groups 7-speed Direct-Shift Gearbox (DSG).

6 References
Volkswagen Type2 (T3)

[1] Europes slight rise & anticipated decline Auto by the

Numbers car sales, production in Western Europe Illustration Statistical Data Included. Automotive Design
& Production, April 2002 by Mark Fulthorpe / Gardner
Publications, Inc. / Gale Group (CBS Interactive Business
UK). 2002. Retrieved 17 December 2009.
[2] Im Fokus: Volkswagen Kernkompetenz: Sparen
(PDF). CSM Worldwide (in German).
AutomobilProduktion.de. March 2006. Retrieved 17 December
2009.

7 External links
Volkswagen Group corporate website
Volkswagen Transporter (T4)

Volkswagen Transporter (T4)[1] dramatically updated

the Volkswagen van line by using a front-mounted, frontwheel drive, water-cooled engine.

T5 Transporter (20032014)

Volkswagen Transporter (T5)

Main article: Volkswagen Transporter (T5)

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles corporate website

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