{"id":6666,"date":"2014-09-23T14:54:50","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T14:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=6666"},"modified":"2014-09-23T14:54:50","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T14:54:50","slug":"volkswagen-tristar-concept-hints-at-next-gen-transporter-t6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/6666","title":{"rendered":"Volkswagen Tristar concept hints at next-gen Transporter T6"},"content":{"rendered":"

Volkswagen has unveiled a new concept van, named the Tristar, at the IAA commercial vehicle show in Hanover. The Tristar is\u00a0significant because Volkswagen says it provides a pointer as to how the T6 — the next generation of VW’s best-selling Transporter van — will be designed.<\/p>\n

\"Volkswagen

The Volkswagen Tristar concept provides clues as to the likely design of the next-generation T6 Transporter, according to the German firm.<\/p><\/div>\n

The Tristar concept has been inspired by the Transporter Synchro, the four-wheel drive version of the Transporter\u00a0which celebrates its 30th\u00a0birthday this year.\u00a0There is no Transporter Synchro model any more — and while 4Motion all-wheel drive is available on\u00a0T5 Transporters,\u00a0the raised suspension and rugged design of the old Synchro models is no longer an option.<\/p>\n

\"Cab

Inside the cab is thoroughly VW — and very nice<\/p><\/div>\n

The Tristar concept has been engineered as a beefy pick-up with\u00a0an extended cab, short wheelbase has permanent four-wheel drive with mechanical rear axle differential lock and 30mm additional ground clearance.<\/p>\n

\"Volkswagen<\/p>\n

Volkswagen says that the vans\u00a0designers have developed a high-precision, new and yet familiar design language: the sharp wrap-around lines, LED headlights and a changed architecture of the whole front give the concept vehicle a wide and purposeful appearance. In other words, it looks like an updated and more modern version of the current Transporter.<\/p>\n

If the Tristar is anything to go on, the T6 will be an\u00a0evolution of the current T5, not a revolution — although that’s no bad\u00a0thing, as the T5 remains one of the most desirable and modern vans in its class.<\/p>\n

Indeed, Volkswagen says that\u00a0firm’s Hanover plant, where most Transporters are built, has reached capacity and is working an extra night shift to meet demand — with\u00a0Transporter order books now full until ‘well into the first quarter of 2015’.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Volkswagen has unveiled the Tristar concept van, which the firm says provides clues about the likely design of the next-generation T6 Transporter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[1016,1870,493],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6666"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6666"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6670,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6666\/revisions\/6670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}