VW T5 Multivan Facelift First Spy Photos

Volkswagen T5 Multivan facelift spy photo

By Thami Masemola
May 27, 2009 11:10 PM
Filed Under: German, Spy Photos, Volkswagen

Seen here are the first spy pictures of the facelift Volkswagen Transporter or the T5 as it is better known in the market. The Transporter is now in its fifth generation having been launched in Europe in 2003.

New on the T5 facelift will be VW's new front grille, bumper and new headlights which were seen on the new Touran as well as the Golf VI Plus.

The T5 is sold as a passenger vehicle or a commercial vehicle for various purposes. Most of the engines in the range are turbo diesels starting with a 1.9-litre TDI making 62kW (84hp) and 200Nm of torque, to a 2.5-litre TDI producing 400Nm. A 3.2-litre petrol with 173kW (235hp) is also available.

T5s are not sold in the North America region in any shape or form but VW does offer the 7-seater Routan there which is a minivan based on the Dodge Caravan. Mexico does however sell the T5 under the name Eurovan.

 

Comments

N20_Purge
May 27, 2009 11:51 PM
I swear, that Golf VI front end is taking over the entire VW range!

isaacarus
May 28, 2009 9:39 AM
im pretty sure all the new t5 "facelift"/ t6's will have 2.0 TDI diesels with varying degrees of kw...

sw1000
May 28, 2009 10:06 AM
You know it's a slow news day when you need to report on a VAN ;o))

I may be mistaken though and this could be the Taxi drivers Ferrari equivalant.

bossafunk
May 28, 2009 10:20 AM
I can vouch for the "taxi driver's ferrari" statement. I have two vehicles that I own as daily drivers. The first is a 40th anniversary Porsche 996 (911), and the second is a VW tiguan (petrol 200bhp TSi). I recently had to do a cargo run of some rather heavy audio equipment, a 480 km round trip. I hired a 2.5 TDi VW Multivan from Budget, loaded it to breaking point, and set off. What an amazing vehicle. Really. It absolutely opened my eyes, to something I thought would have been a bit of a dog to drive. Although it is shaped like a brick, it goes!

joelynn
May 28, 2009 4:49 PM
the 3.2 V6 sounds pretty hot to me

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