The Volkswagen Transporter, A Giant Van by the Giants of Auto Industry

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June 5, 2018

The van perfectly elucidates why Volkswagen is the leader of Automobiles

The Volkswagen abbreviated as VW, is a Germany based automaker. The German Labour Front established it in 1937. It was ordered to be established by The Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. Its headquarter is based in German city Wolfsburg. Volkswagen Group is the largest automaker in terms of sales. The word Volkswagen is a German word which is translated to “people's car,” and this word is company’s international advertising slogan due to its meaning and immense reputation. Volkswagen owns as many as twelve brands from seven European countries. These brands include Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Audi, SEAT, SKODA, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, Ducati, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Scania, and MAN. Moreover, this group deals with a wide range of financial services too like customer financing, banking, and insurance activities etc.

How Volkswagen Transporter is one of the top automotive

Same as the Volkswagen, the Volkswagen Transporter also needs no introduction to define it. However, just to improve your information, Transporter is a range of giant vehicles including vans, buses, minibuses, pickups etc. The Transporter is the best-selling van in the history of vans with more than 12 million units sold across the world. Its production was started in the 1950s and now it has seen six generations of manufacturing that ranges from T1 to T6. In 2016, Volkswagen released the latest of the Transporter series, the T6. So what exactly makes this van so popular, let’s have a look.

The hard hitter Volkswagen Transporter Engine

Volkswagen Transporter comes in a wide engines range. The VW Transporter Engines is among the major reasons why it is the bestselling van in the world. Transporter can be equipped with a variety of engines based on petrol as well as diesel. Owing to its versatile engines, it is famous in different regions of the world. Volkswagen Transporter engines include 2.0 L I4 Petrol Engine, 3.2 L VR6 Petrol Engine, 1.9 L I4 TDI Diesel Engine, 2.0 L I4 TDI Diesel Engine and 2.5 L I5 TDI Diesel Engine. Additionally, Volkswagen has effectively replaced the Euro 5 diesel engines with upgraded and improved Euro 6, 2.0-Litre engines which are engineered to deliver 84hp, 102hp, and 150hp and that too with a single turbo. In addition, an outstanding dual turbo engine can generate about 204hp.

There is large Load Space due to Pragmatic approach

If you look at the vehicle, it looks quite familiar from the front as there are no major changes. However, from inside, it is way wider. VW offer Transporter in two wheelbases and with three roof heights. It can accommodate load volumes of 5.8 to 9.3m3 without any extra effort and lift and drag payloads of up to 1300kgs approx.

No questions can be raised on reliability and safety

Volkswagen is an accountable multinational car maker, so it keeps a special check on the safety and security of its customers. They provide an incredible set of standard safety equipment in their latest Transporter. This means that like any world-class vehicle, the transporter comes with ESP and ABS braking coupled with Automatic Post-Collision Braking that effectively reduces the chances of to the second impact after an accident. In case of an accident or some other unfortunate event which may end up in loss of the engine, you can acquire reconditioned VW transporter engines in minimum bucks. The van is also equipped with Adaptive Cruise Control and Lane Change Assistant which pretty much shows the company’s intentions for the comfort and safety of its users.

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