Volkswagen Transporter (T4)

The Volkswagen Transporter (T4), marketed in North America as the Volkswagen EuroVan, is a van produced by the German manufacturer Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles between 1990 and 2004, succeeding the Type 2 (T3) and superseded by the Transporter (T5). Introduced in 1990, it was the first Volkswagen van with a front-mounted, water-cooled engine, a change Volkswagen had considered since the late 1970s for its air-cooled, rear-engined T2 vans but delayed until the T4 arrived. Models called syncro with four-wheel drive were available with 1.9 TD, 2.5 TDI and 2.5 petrol engines on all body types and both wheelbases. Volkswagen imported short wheelbase five-cylinder petrol EuroVan passenger models to Canada from 1991 to 1996, and there was one major facelift in 1996 with a reshaped, longer front end. After a run of nearly 14 years the T4 ended, second only to the T1 for length of production in its home market.