Volkswagen Transporter Van Range

The Transporter van conforms to the best Volkswagen traditions of neat understated styling but beneath its unremarkable exterior lies a commercial vehicle of exceptional abilities.

The Transporter is a small panel van, slotting between the full-sized LT panel van and the Caddy car-derived van in the Volkswagen commercial vehicle line-up. It's a version that's known as the T5 by virtue of the fact that it replaced the T4 in early 2004 and its one of the best all-round performers in its class.


Volkswagen are offering the T5 Transporter with three roof heights and two wheel bases producing a range of load cubes spanning the gap from 5.9-8.4 cubic meters. Pay loads of between 795 and 1245kg are possible depending on your choice of body style and engine. There's also a 4Motion and 4x4 option.


There are two distinct engine options in the Transporter and each of these is offered with two different power outputs. The 1.9-litre engine is available in 85PS or 104PS form while the 2.5-litre TDI is available with a 130PS output or brutal 174PS monster! This most powerful engine boasts a massive 400Nm maximum tirque and is the most powerful diesel engine currently available in any UK market light commercial vehicle.


Offering with either a slick six-speed manual gearbox or a smooth Tiptronic-style semi-automatic, it should be enough to put a smile on anyone's face (the 1.9-litre engines get a five-speed box as standard). The 174PS powerplant aside, the Transporters performance on the road could be its suspension, the ride is exemplary and the steering is perfectly weighted. The squeaks, creaks, rattles or hums that seem to creep into commercial vehicles have been successfully banished and the engine noise is noticeably well suppressed. There's solidity about the T5 Transporter suggesting that, like its predecessor,this model will run and run

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