T6 Revealed - First Details

[Tornado T5]

As I've hinted before I'm just waiting for Vito and T5 replacements to be released and then I buy. I'm impressed with the various road-tests and vids I've seen of the new Vito, fwd, rwd and awd variants, conventional 7spd auto with 140kW tdi's. The rear looks more squared off which will help my case with forklift loading of 200l drums and 1000L ibc's.

My current T5 is still a fantastic drive, even with flaring 2-3 change every now and then. Where the Transit and up coming Trafic will show it up is in value for money. $1500 on the Ford gets you front and rear parking sensors and a reverse camera. And an auto is on the way although I think it needs a more powerful version like the I5 from the Ranger. I'm not sure if it's VW Australia that is the problem or it's parent company. The passenger car side has grown its premium euro image but I now hear jokes about "What's VW's second most popular new car option....The extended warranty". In the commercial vehicle world in today's economic climate the value equation, always important has grown more so due to better competition. It's the oldest van out there so I can cut it some slack. Hopefully the new Transporter can resolve the value issues and increase choice of model variants/options.