

| Subject: | Vanagon trivia |
| From: | mdrillock |
| Date: | Sat, 9 Aug 2008 17:51:06 -0700 |
What we call Vanagons were built from May 1979 till July1992, sold as 1980-1992 models. The VW factory called them all T3 models, including pickups and special versions like fire trucks and ambulances More of them were built with 1.6 turbo diesel engines than with 2.1 gas engines. Many others had 1.6 and 1.7 diesel engines without turbos Versions of the 1.9 gas engine were made until the very end, outnumbering 2.1 models Syncros were all built in Austria 2wd were built in Germany till 1991 when they moved to Austria as production wound down Typical annual production was roughly 150,000 units The last couple years much fewer numbers were made since the Austria plant had lower capacity After European production ceased, production started up again in South Africa T3 product in SA ran from 1995-2002, with 2000-3000 units per year While still very similar the bodies had differences in addition to the steering wheel on the right side Only inline gas engines were used, from 1.8 liter 4cyls to 2.3 and 2.6 liter 5 cyls The above was largely gleaned from VW sources and may not be completely correct
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