Vanorwhat covers it pretty well.

Cya,
Robert
On Feb 4, 2011 11:08 AM, "Loren Busch" <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
> RE: What is 'It'?
> You are going to get a lot of responses to you question and they are going
> to vary a lot. But having come into the VW community (alternate spelling:
> Cult) late in life I've listened to a lot of VW people talk about their
> vehicles in many different terms. I've arrived at a couple of labels that
> seem to be appropriate. For the early VW Transporters, they are Buses.
> They have earned that distinct and venerable title. If differentiating
> within various versions from over the years 'Splittie' or 'Bay' pins them
> down a little tighter as to the vintage. Then adding 'Camper' or Westy or
> Westfalia further defines things. For the Vanagon I've adopted the generic
> 'Van', not Bus. I think Bus should be reserved for the pre Vanagon VW
> Transporters. BTW, Transporter is the more official VW label for the
Buses,
> Vanagons, Eurovans, etc. As for the Eurovans they are just that, Eurovan
or
> Eurovan Camper when I talk about them.
> And then there is the often confused designations of 'Transporter' and
> 'Type'. For VW all Buses and their descendent's are 'Type 2' or
> Transporters. But within the Transporter line there are T2s ( 'Transporter
> 2's' , Buses), T3s (Vanagons), T4s (Eurovans) and now the T5. And to
> further confuse everything the Vanagon name was only used in North
America,
> VW put other labels on the Transporter 3 in other parts of the world. And
> then in the UK, what we call the Vanagon is often referred to as a T25
after
> the '25' in the VIN number.
> Is their a 'Right Way' to refer to our Vanagons? I don't think so except
> maybe as 'My Money Pit'.