Volkswagen Business Autos has unveiled the seventh-generation (T7) Transporter, which is basically primarily based on the Ford Transit Customized/Tourneo as a part of the partnership between each automakers.
At launch, the Transporter will likely be supplied in three variants focused at companies, together with a panel van for items transport, a crewbus for passenger transport in addition to a double cab with a platform physique and lengthy wheelbase.
There’s additionally the nine-seat Caravelle designed for business passenger transport, which is ideal for resorts and companies to shuttle friends round. That is accessible in three trim ranges, together with an entry-level possibility, the mid-range Life and range-topping Type. Relying on the configuration, consumers can possibility a excessive roof and prolonged wheelbase, and the Transporter as a panel van and the Caravelle may also be had within the PanAmericana all-terrain model.
The brand new design of the Transporter, which is visually distinctive from its Ford sibling, boasts a better payload than earlier than. With a standard wheelbase and roof, the stowage quantity is 10% larger at 5.8 cubic metres, which will increase to 9 cubic metres with a protracted wheelbase and excessive roof. The utmost payload can be up by 0.13 tonnes to 1.33 tonnes, whereas the the utmost trailer weight has been elevated by 0.3 tonnes to 2.8 tonnes (braked, with 12% gradient).
On the matter of dimensions, the brand new T7 is 5,050 mm lengthy, or 146 mm greater than earlier than, whereas the wheelbase has grown by 97 mm to three,101 mm. The long-wheelbase model has an total size of 5,450 mm and its wheelbase features a further 400 mm. Excluding the mirrors, the newest Transporter can be wider at 2,032 mm, with the utmost width between the wheel arches being sufficient to accommodate Euro pallets with ease at 1,392 mm.
On the within, the Transporter has been modernised to function a 12-inch digital instrument cluster in addition to a 13-inch touchscreen infotainment system. A multi-function steering wheel comes customary, as is a switch-type handbrake and push-start button.
Different revisions embrace a column-mounted gear lever for automated variants to save lots of house and supply higher entry to the load or passenger compartment. There are additionally giant cupholders for the entrance centre console, whereas the higher are of the dashboard will get further cupholders and sensible storage compartments.
By way of powertrains, the Transport will likely be accessible with diesel (TDI), plug-in hybrid (eHybrid) and pure electrical choices (e-Transporter and e-Caravelle) for the primary time. The TDI engines have outputs of 110 PS (109 hp or 81 kW), 150 PS (148 hp or 110 kW) and 170 PS (168 hp or 125 kW), and could be had with both a six-speed handbook or eight-speed automated relying on pairing – all-wheel drive can be optionally accessible.
As for the eHybrid, it serves up a complete system output of 232 PS (229 hp or 171 kW), whereas the totally electrical fashions get a 64-kWh battery juicing a motor rated at both 136 PS (134 hp or 100 kW), 218 PS (215 hp or 160 kW) or 286 PS (282 hp or 210 kW).
To promote the brand new Transporter, Volkswagen Business Autos roped in Hollywood star Jason Statham, who is thought for the cult movie collection The Transporter. Whereas he could also be identified for driving a BMW and Audis within the movies, these automobiles received’t be capable of haul as a lot as a van, though not as rapidly.
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