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Friendly Local Auto Garage

Usually refers to the Microbus Deluxe Station Wagen, with 21 or 23 Windows and a Sunroof.

Vanagon model Transporters . Any VW bus or Transporter .

Any Volkswagen Transporter . Since the Beetle was the first car produced by VW, it became known within the company as the Type 1. The bus or transporter was the second type of vehicle produced, so it became known as the Type 2. The Squareback/Fastback was the Type 3, and the 411/412 was the Type 4 (which had the same engine as the 1972-1982 Type 2's ( buses ).

In My Humble Opinion

Special model of the bus , based on the Standard bus , first available in 1951. The most notable feature was the smaller engine lid than the previous Barndoors , and a rear hatch hinged at the bottom, which allowed stretchers to be loaded into the interior of the bus . The gas tank and spare tire were moved in order to accomodate the rear hatch.

Usually refers to the buses made from 1968-1979, due to the resemblance of the body shape to that of a loaf of bread

An affectionate name for Transporter . An American slang term for 'transmission'.

The 4 th generation of Transporters , from 1992 to the present, known in North America as the EuroVan , and elsewhere as Caravelle or just Transporter .