T5 Facelift (and new engines)

[Transporter]

I cannot agree on this point. I still dislike the styling on the crafter, not that I have seen many on the road. Does anyone like the styling on the Ssangyon range [ from the froot-loop rocket factory, as one motoring writer described it] That hasn't grow on me & I don't think it ever will. I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder but to me it looks like the Crafter & facelift T5 has an Asian influence which I dislike.

I'm sure that many people will like that style. And even ugly car like SSangyon has it's admires it doesn't matter you don't like it.

[Seano]

I have seen this 'release' noted on the Vortex that this entire effort was an April Fools joke by a German forum participant.....might be worth checking out before anyone gets too carried away.

[phaeton]

Linkyyyyy ?

[phaeton]

Found the original picture of the VWCV Board

Whoooooooooohoooooooooooo its a CGI

I knew VWCV would never create something so hideous

[gregozedobe]

I knew VWCV would never create something so hideous

That's a courageous statement for something that has yet to happen ! Time will tell whether your faith is misplaced, won't it ?

[phaeton]

That's a courageous statement for something that has yet to happen ! Time will tell whether your faith is misplaced, won't it ?

Sure will

Hopefully I won't have to eat my words.

[Tornado T5]

IIRC I thought I read on the What Van website that they expected a T5 update as mentioned in an interview with VW UK comm. vehicle head.

http://www.whatvan.co.uk/features.asp?id=4973 interview was made in Feb 2007 and so I would have expected something by now or maybe MY09 change over.

What's happening with Transporter? When will we see a new one?
Not for another three years, but there will be a facelift before then. In the meantime we've just introduced a passenger-carrying Kombi version of the Transporter Sportline. We sold around 230 Sportline vans last year — deliveries started to come through in September/October — and each one carried around £1,000 worth of accessories. A lot of Transporter buyers — Caddy buyers too for that matter — want bespoke vehicles and are specifying optional extras such as air conditioning and satellite navigation.