At the start of the IAA Transportation commercial vehicle trade fair Volkswagen presented the new generation of its transporter in Hanover. On the eve of the exhibition, which initially opens to journalists and trade visitors on Monday, brand boss Carsten Intra (53) presented the “New Transporter”, which is intended to succeed the previous T6.1. Intra was confident that the new model will build on the success of the previous six generations of Bulli.
Unlike the predecessor T6.1, which expired at the end of June, VW will no longer produce the new Transporter itself. It was developed together with ford. And it will also be sold together with its sister model Ford Transit at Ford Türkiye built. The model will be delivered from the end of 2024, initially in selected markets in Europe, and then also from the beginning of 2025 Germany.
In the future, VW will produce three Bulli models
With the launch of the new Transporter, VW says it is completing the conversion of its Transporter family. Instead of one model – the Bull, which has been built in six generations since 1950 – there are now three parallel series for the segment: the one presented in 2022 Multivan
on the car platform taken over from Golf and Passat as a family and leisure vehicle, the all-electric ID. Buzz
and the now presented transporter from the collaboration with Ford.
The previous model T6.1 was previously the best-selling model of the VW Commercial Vehicles (VWN) brand. Production ended at the end of June.
Ford and VW agreed to extensive cooperation on light commercial vehicles in 2020. After the Amarok pick-up truck, the transporter is now the second VW model to come from the partner. In return, VW will supply the Ford Tourneo Connect delivery van, which will be built together with the VW sister model Caddy in the Polish VWN factory in Poznan.