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Aftermarket VW specialist Oettinger offered their own Flat-six engine, called the Oettinger WBX6, in some VW Transporters. Development of this engine was undertaken by Oettinger under contract to Volkswagen, with the intent that it be used in the T3. When VW abandoned the project, Oettinger bought the rights to the design and brought it to market.
The Volkswagen Westfalia Camper was a conversion of the Volkswagen Type 2, and then, the Volkswagen Type 2 (T3), sold from the early 1950s to 2003. Volkswagen subcontracted the modifications to the company Westfalia-Werke in Rheda-Wiedenbrück .
The T3 Transporter was one of the last all-new bodied Volkswagen platforms that still used an air-cooled, rear-engine design. Compared to its predecessor, (the T2), the T3 was sturdier and heavier, with a slightly larger, much more square and boxy body, that offered more usable interior space than the original models' rounded front side, roof ...
Six generations of Volkswagen Transporter (aka Microbus) vans: Volkswagen Type 2. Volkswagen Type 2 (T1, 1950), generation T1 (Microbus, or Split-screen bus) Volkswagen Type 2 (T2, 1967), generation T2 ("Bay window" bus) Volkswagen Type 2 (T3, 1979), generation T3 (Vanagon) Volkswagen Transporter (T4, 1990), generation T4 (EuroVan) Volkswagen ...
It was based on the Volkswagen T3 but fitted with Porsche brakes and suspension. Power came from the 3,2 litre flat-6 from the 911 Carrera. Power came from the 3,2 litre flat-6 from the 911 Carrera. It did 0–100 km/h in 8 seconds and had an official top speed of 185 km/h (115 mph).
The Volkswagen Transporter, initially the Type 2, [2] is a range of light commercial vehicles, built as vans, pickups, and cab-and-chassis variants, introduced in 1950 by the German automaker Volkswagen as their second mass-production light motor vehicle series, and inspired by an idea and request from then-Netherlands-VW-importer Ben Pon.
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From 1993 on, VW introduced the D24TIC with 95 bhp, but more torque, for the LT (and LT 4x4). At the same time the transfer box was upgraded to the New Process 241. [3] Steyr-Puch in Austria built the Noriker using VW LT underpinnings in competition with the Sülzer and VW LT 4x4s, but they only were produced in limited numbers.