Back in 1999, rumors began circulating about a new Transporter that harked back to its T1 roots, much like the New Beetle, which had started life as a concept only vehicle. In 2001 VW unveiled this retro Microbus concept, (pic 1), which turned out a bit of a Marmite job. Plans to put it into production were shelved in 2005 and over the next ten years various such concepts came and went from the Hannover drawing boards.
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The Evolution of Van
To mark 100 issues of VWBus, David takes a look back at how updating the humble âBox on Wheelsâ has gone from concept to reality
Wild Times
Perhaps a sign of the wild times weâre in and a telling sign of how fast weâre adapting to the ânew normalâ. I decide to take a U-turn and zoom out on how things looked as that ânew normalâ was taking hold, along with how thatâs effecting our little sector
Story's Story
With The Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden under our belts and barely two weeks on the road, we were heading to the ultimate van life destination; NorwayâŠ
Karmann-Go
When you own âThe fastest motorhome in the worldâ,getting to the campsite on time shouldnât be a problem
Gran Tourettesmo
This is a very cool and interesting project, but the question is,is this the ultimate eBay build?
CBBA
If there was such a thing as Cool Bus Builders Anonymous, then each meet in Leicestershire would start with the words. âHello, my nameâs Andy Stretton and I canât stop building seriously cool buses.â
Honey I Shrunk My Bus
When Grant Gwyn walked into a VW dealership to buy a Viper green Caddy, little did he know his future was about to be very orange...
Milk Float Influence
Nicknamed Ernie, we discover this custom-created T5 pickup wonât be doing the early morning milk round any time soon
Impossible Solved
A while back we brought you a basic sketch of a proposed project, it was both wild and eminently practical. Well itâs finished now and already in service as a daily driver for a very special lad
An Alpine Summer
In the concluding instalment we pick up Richard and Jackie Picklesâ story of their eight-country Alpine summer adventure on the shore of Lake Como in Italy
