Comments on: Volkswagen Transporter details revealed

By: bluevdub

bluevdub — Wed, 18 May 2011 13:56:19 +0000

Mark, I had a T5 absolutely brilliant van, I agree that it seemed overpriced, but was honestly the best van I have had, as for twin doors, I agree that they may be handy to some, but not all, I tend to rack my van to carry pattern books and goods, with ladders stored under the rack, twin slide doors would be a pain, plus the fact one more door would obviosly increase the price.
Unfortuneatly, my old trusty steed was written off in November 2010 and I didnt think I cud justify £24k on another van.
I tried to order a Renault traffic 6 weeks ago and they have just got back to mme to inform me that they have discontinued the Dark Blue metallic , plus before that they could supply as the Bluetooth suppliers had gone bust, so now they can stick their Renaults !
I am now seriously looking again at the costs of a new T6.

By: mark Smith

mark Smith — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:39:36 +0000

I feel these vehicles are a little over- priced, on the commerical vans I think you should have twin sliding side doors as standard, it’s very handy.

Air-con, built in arm rests in the chair, electric windows -(very hand when you you pull over to speak to someome on your N/S),electric folding-in heated door mirrors ( handy in narrow gaps),Central locking, tinted windows, built in Sat-nav, ply-lined; should be standard items on all basic vehicles, this will help the second-hand market.

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:24:37 +0000

Harley Stone – I can’t find any crash test results for Renault vans, but then again, the VW van results ion ANCAP seem to have disappeared. As for the rest of your comments I agree with Alex – it’s a van.

Alex – as above for Harley Stone – where are the crash test results for the Renault Trafic?

I am assuming that with the update to the Transporter it will (should) attain a 5 star rating.

Dir1 – “… like the T5 with a new grille/headlight/bumper arrangement” How about the new interior, new engines and new gearboxes.

IMO, the Transporter is the best van on sale in Australia and this new model only makes it better. Although I wish they had included the sweet 3litre V6 TDI in the line-up.

By: marblebar

marblebar — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:52:47 +0000

Are they really only going to put 2litre t/d ‘s in it?

I wanted the 4motion, but it looks like i’ll be getting a mecedes 120 (3 litre t/d)

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:33:32 +0000

Harley Stone, you’ve written your comment like you’re saying it should be beautiful. You do realise it’s a van don’t you? Practicality is the key, not looks. It’s handsome and that’s all one should ever expect of a van.
And you seem to emphasize “Renault” like it’s surprising that they beat Volkswagen in a crash test. Renault make some of the safest cars in the world and were the first to ever get a five star crash safety rating so it’s hardly strange that Renault would beat Volkswagen in a segment where safety doesn’t seem to have taken much priority until recently.

By: Harley Stone

Harley Stone — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:19:37 +0000

It is overprized and failed the crashtest in comparison to the RENAULT Van.
I wont comment about it’s looks, but “beautiful” is something else

By: observer

observer — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:32:58 +0000

“Lower running costs are also guaranteed thanks to a new range of common rail TDI (turbo-diesel) engines offering lower emissions and improved economy by an average of 10 per cent across the range”

Fiat Group (Iveco Commercial vehicles) the original developers and designers of Common Rail diesel technology have been using this for over 10 years and is selling their technology under license to others.

They are now onto 3rd generation technology (MultiAir)which is so far ahead of the compition that they will have to wait until Fiat is ready to release design patent licenses…again for them to play one generation behind catch up.

By: Carl

Carl — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:12:27 +0000

These things are brilliant!!! A bit pricey for my blood but I’m sure they are worth every penny!

By: Baddass

Baddass — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:33:43 +0000

While I was in France, we hired a Transporter and it was excellent. The rear seat space was cavernous, and there was 9 seats. I was still a pup then so I had to sit in the middle of the front bench. There was no legroom there and my then short knee was poked by the cigarette lighter, and I had to stare at a foul strip of fake wood. The rear seats were heavy, and the overall look was boring, to be polite. Other than that, I miss it! Jokes!

By: Reckless1

Reckless1 — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:11:40 +0000

I suspect the 7 speed DSG will be the Audi unit, not the VW unit. They are quite different in strength and size – the VW one is for FWD small vehicles with “low” torque (not that a current VW engine could be described as low torque) and the Audi variant is for AWD vehicles with high torque.

The 6 speed VW DSG could also be used on FWD/AWD variants as well, as it is a “medium” torque unit that sits between the other two.