What is a T3 Vanagon?
In the U. S. T3 was sold as the Vanagon, which is a portmanteau of van and station wagon. The name Vanagon was coined by Volkswagen to highlight their claim that the T3 had the room of a van, but drove like a station wagon. Eventually the Vanagon was replaced by the very different Eurovan (the T4) for the Nineties.
What is a VW T3?
The Volkswagen Type 25 (or T3 designation by VW, the “T” meaning transporter) was the third generation of the Volkswagen Transporter. It was generally known as the Transporter in the UK, Caravelle in Europe, Vanagon in the USA. The Volkswagen Westfalia Camper was a conversion of the Volkswagen Type 2, and then, the Volkswagen Type 2 (T3), sold from the early 1950s to 2003.Known officially (depending on body type) as the Transporter, Kombi or Microbus – or informally as the Volkswagen Station Wagon (US), Bus (also US), Camper (UK) or Bulli (Germany), it was initially given the factory designation ‘Type 2’, as it followed – and was for decades based on – the original ‘Volkswagen’ ( .