THE Volkswagen Transporter is an important utility van from VW Commercial Vehicles, the successor to the famous 1949 Volkswagen Bus, also known as the Transporter T1. For the next generation of its SUV, scheduled for 2024, the German manufacturer teamed up with Ford and shared its development with the latest Ford Transit Custom.

Volkswagen justopen pre-sales your new transporter in Germanyand takes the opportunity to reveal its pricing as well as new images of its utility van, which is still dressed in its impressive pixelated and colorful camouflage.

Volkswagen Transporter: a new generation is coming

The new Volkswagen Transporter wins numerous standard equipmentamong which we find front and rear LED lights, electronic parking brake with Auto Hold function, 12-inch digital instrument cluster, infotainment system with DAB+, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, online services and 13-inch touchscreen, multifunction steering wheel , rain sensor, lane assist (Lane Assist), automatic emergency braking system (Front Assist) and dynamic recognition of road signs with warning of traffic in the opposite direction.

The new Transporter is offered with many body options : Van version (without rear window), long van (with second row of seats), L-shaped partition van, station wagon (with rear windows) and SUV (double cab), don’t forget the Caravelle (shuttle). version) which will be revealed later. Combi and Van models will be available as an option with a high roof and/or a long wheelbase.

Prices in Germany start at 36,780 euros

There will be versions under the hood of the new Volkswagen Transporter plug-in hybrids (eHybrid) and 100% electric (eTransporter), but will initially be offered with Turbodiesel TDI. Pre-sales in Germany start with models in the N1 category (vans, long vans, L-wall vans and double cab vans).

The TDI engines will be available in 110, 150 and 170 horsepower versions, while the plug-in hybrid version will develop a combined output of 233 horsepower. The electric motors will be available in 116, 136, 218 and 286 horsepower versions, combined with 83 kWh batteries (54 kWh for the 116 horsepower version). The TDI and eHybrid models are available in front-wheel drive versions, and 4Motion all-wheel drive is optional starting with the TDI 150. All-electric versions are rear-wheel drive, with an all-wheel drive option coming later. .

The new Transporter is offered in Germany from €36,780for the entry-level version with the TDI 110 engine. Prices for the French market will be announced later.

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