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Volkswagen Eurovan

The Volkswagen Transporter T4 (known in North America as the Volkswagen Eurovan) was the first front-engined van produced by German automaker Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, and is the successor of the Volkswagen Type 2 van. It is built on the Volkswagen Group T4 platform.

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History

As early as the late 1970s, Volkswagen began to think about replacing their rear-engined Type 2 vans with a more trendy, front-engined, water-cooled design, as they had very successfully done with their passenger cars earlier in that decade. The reason why in 1980 they still introduced the new rear-engined Type 2 (T3) / Vanagon instead is unclear; the front-engined van was delayed until 1990.

T4 (1990•2003)

The first Volkswagen vehicle to use the 'Transporter' name,[citation needed] known correctly as the Transporter T4, was released in 1990, and was the first Transporter without a rear engine. It was now available in two wheelbases, with the front engine layout allowing greater diversity for special bodies - from wreckers to three-axled minibuses to large box-bodied ambulances. Transversely mounted engines with four, five and six cylinders, and the Turbocharged Direct Injection (TDI) diesel engines, were available. The T4 ceased production in 2003 after 14 years (making it second only to the T1 for length of production in its home market).

There was one major model change to the T4, in 1994, when the re-shaped front end was introduced. This was needed to fit the six-cylinder VR6 engine into the Transporter's engine bay. The commercial variants, however, which were not available with the VR6, retained the old look (although they were changed as well, they just still looked almost the same). Keeping with the Type 2's tradition, these two versions are informally called T4a and T4b by enthusiasts.

The engine range has become rather too large to elaborate. T4a were available with inline four- (I4 or R4) and inline five-cylinder (I5 or R5) engines, both petrol and diesel; the T4b saw not only the VR6, but also the five-cylinder Turbocharged Direct Injection (TDI) engines that since have replaced the traditional normally aspirated diesels.

T4 in US

The Eurovan, as the T4 generation was exported to North America from 1992 until 2003 (in the United States, the Eurovan was only sold in 1993, and again in 1999-2003, whereas it was not sold in Canada for 1997-98) only as a passenger version, except for those that were shipped to Winnebago Industries for conversion to either Campers, which were shipped to and sold by U.S. Volkswagen dealers, or to Rialtas, where were sold by Winnebago dealers directly. Smaller than a standard American delivery van, but larger than an American or Japanese passenger minivan, Volkswagen played up its size with the slogan, "EuroVan: There's nothing mini about it".

In the U.S., the models were:

Engines

A 110 PS (81 kW; 110 hp) 2.5 litre inline five-cylinder petrol engine mounted in a MY 1995 European specification Volkswagen Caravelle T4

Petrol engines

model engine ID code engine configuration engine displacement DIN rated motive power @ rpm torque @ rpm years
1.8 PD inline-4 SOHC 8v 1,781 cc (108.7 cu in) 67 PS (49 kW; 66 bhp) @ 4,000 140 N•m (103 ft•lbf) @ 2,200 1990•1992
2.0 AAC inline-4 SOHC 8v 1,968 cc (120.1 cu in) 84 PS (62 kW; 83 bhp) @ 4,300 159 N•m (117 ft•lbf) @ 2,200 1990•2003
2.5 AAF; ACU inline-5 SOHC 10v 2,461 cc (150.2 cu in) 110 PS (81 kW; 108 bhp) @ 4,500 190 N•m (140 ft•lbf) @ 2,200 1990•1997
2.5 AET; APL; AVT inline-5 SOHC 10v 2,461 cc (150.2 cu in) 115 PS (85 kW; 113 bhp) @ 4,500 200 N•m (148 ft•lbf) @ 2,200 1997•2003
2.8 VR6 AES VR6 DOHC 12v 2,792 cc (170.4 cu in) 140 PS (103 kW; 138 bhp) @ 4,500 240 N•m (177 ft•lbf) @ 3,000 1996•2000
2.8 VR6 AMV, AXK VR6 DOHC 24v 2,792 cc (170.4 cu in) 204 PS (150 kW; 201 bhp) @ 6,200 245 N•m (181 ft•lbf) @ 2,500 2000•2003

Diesel engines

Indirect injection
model engine ID code engine configuration engine displacement DIN rated motive power @ rpm torque @ rpm years
1.9 D 1X inline-4 SOHC 8v 1,896 cc (115.7 cu in) 61 PS (45 kW; 60 bhp) @ 3,700 127 N•m (94 ft•lbf) @ 1,700 1990•1995
1.9 TD ABL inline 4 SOHC 8v 1,896 cc (115.7 cu in) 68 PS (50 kW; 67 bhp) @ 3,700 140 N•m (103 ft•lbf) @ 2,000 1993•2003
2.4 D AJA inline-5 SOHC 10v 2,370 cc (144.6 cu in) 75 PS (55 kW; 74 bhp) @ 3,700 160 N•m (118 ft•lbf) @ 1,900 1997•2003
2.4 D AAB inline-5 SOHC 10v 2,370 cc (144.6 cu in) 78 PS (57 kW; 77 bhp) @ 3,700 164 N•m (121 ft•lbf) @ 1,800 1990•1998
Turbocharged Direct Injection
model engine ID code engine configuration engine displacement DIN rated motive power @ rpm torque @ rpm years
2.5 TDI AJT; AYY inline-5 SOHC 10v 2,461 cc (150.2 cu in) 88 PS (65 kW; 87 bhp) @ 4,500 195 N•m (144 ft•lbf) @ 2,000 1998•2003
2.5 TDI ACV; AUF; AYC; AXL inline-5 SOHC 10v 2,461 cc (150.2 cu in) 102 PS (75 kW; 101 bhp) @ 3,500 250 N•m (184 ft•lbf) @ 1,900 1995•2003
2.5 TDI AHY; AXG inline-5 SOHC 10v 2,461 cc (150.2 cu in) 151 PS (111 kW; 149 bhp) @ 4,000 295 N•m (218 ft•lbf) @ 1,900 1998•2003

T5 (2003-present)

2004 Volkswagen Transporter (T5) Main article: Volkswagen Transporter (T5)

The fifth generation of the Volkswagen Transporter hit the market in Europe late in 2003. It is a direct successor to the T4 in its looks and utility value, unlike the Microbus concept car that Volkswagen had been showing around several years prior to the T5's introduction. The Microbus concept was almost produced, but Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles scuttled plans for building it due to cost problems.

The T5 Transporter is not available in the United States and Canada in any form. The U.S. market does not receive the T5 range due to it being classed as a light truck, which thereby automatically includes a 25% extra tax (known as the chicken tax) on importation into the US. Instead, Volkswagen offers the Volkswagen Routan, a passenger minivan based on Chrysler's Dodge Grand Caravan. The T5 Transporter, however, is still sold under the Eurovan nameplate in Mexico.

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