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Model naming
voltz - September 18th, 2004 at 03:31 PM

Im in the habit of calling all VW vans 'Kombi's'. I realise there are transporters,microbuses,vanagons etc.
I now own an 82 Vanagon (T3), what is best way to refer to this in further posts to avoid confusion, is it still considered a "Kombi' ?
Thanks for your help
Regards


karmen - September 21st, 2004 at 08:00 PM

put up a pic
is it a camper?
been interested and owned a few splitties in my younger days
but i call emm Kombi/ whatever.... in ur case VW Kombi Vanagon


vwtyp2 - September 22nd, 2004 at 12:36 AM

what you have is what you rightly referred to as a T3.
a splitty ('50 to '67) is a T1, but nearly everyone calls them a splitty.
a bay window is a T2 or a type 2, but commonly referred to as a bay.
a T3 can also be referred to as a vanagon, caravelle, or is referred to by some people as a Wedge.
after that comes the T4, and now the T5.
all are referred to as a Kombi, but none have been officially been titled "Kombi" from the factory until the current model of T4.

I hope this confuses you more. :) ;)