a bug is a Type 1

a bus is a Type 2 (T1=splitty, T2=loaf, T3=brick, T4=Eurovan)

my .02

Matt

CHRIS STANN wrote:
>
> >
> > Also... I'm a little confused about the T4 designation... I thought the T4
> > was the Eurovan... no? Seems to be some contradictory uses of the T
> > designations.... Could you please explain?
> > Bill
>
> Overseas the Transporters are referred as T1, T2, T3, T4 depending on the
> body style, and that is what you're used to.  In the U.S. we refer to the
> Beetle as the Type 1, or T1 for short, T2 is the Bus, either split-window or
> the bay-window, T3 is the Notchback, Squareback and Fastback, and the T4 is
> the 411/412.  The T1 engine is the Beetle motor, the T3 is the 'pancake'
> Squareback motor, and the T4 is the 411/412, Porsche 914-4, and the
> Bay-window bus motor.  So you have the T4 motor in the T2 and the Vanagon
> which is known to others as a T3, but the T3 is know as the Squareback.
> This is all confusing as hell, but I just play along.
>
> Chris.