ccording to the imaginations of
VW chairman Ferdinand Piêch there will be a VW off-roader
available in 2001 at latest.
(from Auto Motor Sport July 11th 1997 © Motor Presse Stuttgart)
Based on the Transporter
ccording to the imaginations of
VW chairman Ferdinand Piêch there will be a VW off-roader
available in 2001 at latest.
Plans to build up the new project upon the platform of the new generation IV Golf have been abondoned. To compete with established Off-Road vehicles like the Mitsubishi Pajero or Ford Explorer VW decided to use the Transporter as the basis of this new model. [Most likely a future one - because the current T4 will be eleven years old in 2001] Besides the future "Drei-Liter-Auto" [extremely fuel economic and low emission small size vehicle with a consumption of 3l/100km (80 miles / gallon approx.)] the 4x4 will be the 2nd aluminium vehicle within the VW group [after the A8]. As AUDI plans to launch only a 4WD sport-utility station-wagon based on the A6 TDI avant quattro, instaed of a real off-road vehicle, it might be the part of Porsche to develop a spotive derivate which will be on the market at the same time as the VW.