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All Auction Buy it now. View: Gallery view. Engine VW Transporter T6 2. VW Transporter 2. VW Transporter T6 19 2. VW Transporter T4 2. VW Transporter T5 Complete 2. It also moves the maximum towing weight up from kg to kg. The bhp twin-turbocharged TDI comes as standard with the automatic gearbox and the option of four-wheel drive. One of the key strengths of the Transporter T6. It feels pretty agile and grippy too, but versions with front-wheel drive — especially those with the more powerful engines — are prone to spinning their front tyres if the surface is slippery.

All the diesels are vocal but not coarse sounding, and the manual gear change is precise. Road and wind noise are certainly apparent at 70mph, but less so than rivals such as the Ford Transit. That helps to make the Transporter T6. The ride is perfectly acceptable, even when it's lightly loaded. The Transporter settles down nicely the faster you go, so the ride is at its best on a motorway.

If you're interested in going electric, see our ABT e-Transporter 6. Other standard features on the Sportline include inch weight-rated alloy wheels , body-coloured bumpers, door mirrors and handles. It features suspension which is lowered by over standard variants, and has chrome side bars and grille, a roof spoiler, as well as a special Volkswagen badge. The Sportline featured in an episode of Top Gear TV series; where Clarkson, Hammond and May had to choose three vans to compete in a series of challenges, including transporting equipment for The Who.

Jeremy Clarkson claimed the Sportline to be "the fastest van in Britain". The Sportline comfortably won a race against the A-Team GMC van , even with Tiff Needell cutting corners and using short cuts in the vein of the television series. Against the Sport-X, even though the Mercedes had a more powerful engine, it was found that the traction control was too sensitive and overtly intrusive to be able to make quick progress around a track.

The range compiling of the entry California Beach comes with just a fold-up bed, whereas the California is a fully equipped camper with beds, sink, and fold-up seat and tables. In September , Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles launched a revamped and facelifted T5 range, which is sold under four main labels the Transporter, Caravelle, Multivan and California.

The revised range showcases new technology to blight the van range of a poorly design EGR valve which failed regularly, dealers claimed it was their best earner. Engines powering the revised range are now all inline-four-cylinder designs; and all are 2.

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles claim that this new diesel engine range is twenty percent more efficient than the outgoing TDI range. It is a version commemorating 25th anniversary of Multivan, covering 2. Autopedia Explore. Browse wiki. Image Gallery. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Volkswagen Transporter T5.