VW know cute. Whether it’s cute-cute, a la the beetles, New Beetle and Kharman Ghia, or bad-cute (see: Thing), VW was there and did it. But even though the division of labor between pleasure and function was quite clear (e.g., Beetle versus 2-Door Golf), there is rarely a difference as pronounced as that developed in by Volkswagen van fleet. When compared to the original’s likes Type IISome of the company’s passenger cars have the allure of cold sauce.
With ID. buzz and equivalent gasoline the trend is back sunshine and rainbow, we wanted to take a step and keep in mind some of VW’s more home-friendly cars. While we could dig deep into the company’s European commercial back catalog looking for things that are dull and nasty, we’d rather stick to trucks you can actually look at. found on the road in the United States. And while they may not win any beauty pageants, most of these people campaigners have their own virtues — and their own cults.
Transporter T3 Vanagon
Admittedly, the T2 Transporter is a hard act to track. The T3 (known in the US as the Vanagon) adopted a more modern, angular body style but retained almost everything else that made the original Transporter unique, including the dynamic placement. rear muscle. Above is a Syncro Model (AWD) to US specificationsslightly longer and has a more powerful set brake.
Westfalia camper conversions remain popular with the #vanlife crowd, which has grown during the pandemic, potentially keeping quite a few Vanagons from sharing in their fate Wolfsburg Edition 1986 displayed in the upper right. It may not be as pretty as the model it replaced, but it certainly gets the job done.
Transport T4 Eurovan
Not a truck. not one small truck. Only… Euros. If previous Transporter variants were weird, the Eurovan was somehow made weirder by Volkswagen’s attempt to introduce a more conventional, modern cargo vehicle. Floor-mounted, rear-mounted, air-cooled engines are gone; New water-cooled plants lie ahead. When it was first introduced, it was simultaneously too small to compete with typical American cargo trucks of the early 1990s and too large for American pickup truck buyers to consider. VW removed it from the U.S. lineup for half a decade before reintroducing it with the coveted VR6 engine, but it’s still a decent replacement for a segment that’s been slowly dwarfed by innovation. growing popularity of SUVs.
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No, not the Carrier! Not even a VW. The Routan is in fact a Chrysler from top to bottom – even though there isn’t chrysler Stow ‘n Go killer seating system. While Volkswagen did have some flexibility in the final details of the by Routan interior, this American-built pickup truck is technical badge in the purest sense. If VW executives believe that being more American will make their pickup truck immune to Cross each other revolution of the 2000s, Routan removed that notion from them. America hasn’t seen a Volkswagen van since then. Until now, of course.
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