T5 facelift due to debut in 10 Months

[phaeton]

Illustration of rumoured T5.5

According to sources on the T5 Board the T5.5 will debut at the Caravan Salon in Dusseldorf on the 27th of August 2009.

Week 34 is when proposed production starts.

Rumoured powertrain includes VW's new;
-2.0 4 cylinder twin turbo TDI powertrain with 132kW.
-DQ500 DSG gearbox able to stand 500Nm of torque

Source: http://www.t5-board.de/board/t5-news...acelift-9.html

Remember these are forum based rumours

[Transporter]

That picture look like a PhotoShop job to me.

[phaeton]

That picture look like a PhotoShop job to me.

It is

Its only a rough guess of what the facelift may look like.

[Seano]

That picture look like a PhotoShop job to me.

Which is another (but really polite) way of saying truly fugging ugly.....

Who on the planet would dream of a love child between the JDM version of the Honda Odessey and the T5........apart perhaps from a mad German with way too much scnapps on board?

Another great example of why butterscotch scnapps should be banned.

[Golf Houso]

whats wrong with it? It looks just like the scirocco, MKVI, Volks-ute thing, Passat CC etc etc... They're just continuing the styling cues, and besides it'll look much much better when a decent rendering comes out

[Transporter]

It is

Its only a rough guess of what the facelift may look like.

I hope not.

[linds]

I quite like it, looks a bit "executioner" in style

[phaeton]

Remember everyone this could all be false info

[gregozedobe]

I'd heard rumours (and that is all they are), that VW was intent on splitting the transporters into two styling streams -

The "commercial" line (panel vans, load carriers etc etc) that was moving towards Crafter styling, and

The "passenger" line (Multivan, Carvelle, Sportline etc) that was moving towards Golf V1, Scirroco styling.

I guess we will find out for sure in time. VWA don't seem to like releasing much info at all about their future plans - it wasn't so long ago that I was officially told that "we have no plans to import the Pirelli Golf to Australia", and we have recently seen how accurate that statement was

[phaeton]

About 18 months ago VW toyed with the idea of combining all their variants of people mover into one.

That meant ending MultiVan, Caravelle, Shuttle, Euro Caravelle, Kombi Beach and Calafornia.

It would be a good idea and have the rail system as a package on the top of the line People Mover.

[gregozedobe]

Latest gossip from (possibly) a UK VW dealer (from the Brickyard forum) :

T5 full facelift later this year.

New common rail 4 cylinder engine range.

Production of the current model will stop in June this year with production of the newer version beginning in October.

DSG is supposed to be introduced as the auto option.

Pickup and Caravelle LWB also due to be launched this year.

[phaeton]

Latest gossip from (possibly) a UK VW dealer (from the Brickyard forum) :

Proves the Germans were right.

4cyl diesel is interesting
Does that mean 2.5 TDI will only remain in Crafter and be obsolete after current gen stops production?????

EDIT when they say Caravelle LWB they actually mean Multivan

[gregozedobe]

Does that mean 2.5 TDI will only remain in Crafter and be obsolete after current gen stops production?????

I had an idea the 2.5 TDI in the Crafter was based on the old one in the T4 ie not the same timing gear engine as in current T5s and Touaregs.

On the VWA website for Crafter it says "Cam belt change of up to a maximum of 200,000km or 48 months", which would indicate it is a different engine.

[Tornado T5]

I had an idea the 2.5 TDI in the Crafter was based on the old one in the T4 ie not the same timing gear engine as in current T5s and Touaregs.

On the VWA website for Crafter it says "Cam belt change of up to a maximum of 200,000km or 48 months", which would indicate it is a different engine.

I often wondered why the Crafter engine's 80kw, 100kW & 120kw 2.5L 5 cyls versions are all common rail tdi's. Interesting that the high output engine is down 8kw and 50Nm on the high end T5.

[phaeton]

Some snippets from T5 Board......

English and German

Hello,

from my "inside source" I heard the following:

Peak Diesel motorizing a 2.0 CR TDI 4-cylinder with 190 hp

First there is the combination of all-wheel and automatic (DSG)

The cockpit and the front will be redesigned, and the CAN-bus system is the current standard car market, including the option to touchscreen Navi (see golf VI)

Hallo,

aus meiner "Insider-Quelle" hörte ich Folgendes:

Spitzendieselmotorisierung wird ein 2.0 CR-TDI 4-Zylinder mit 190 PS

Erstmals gibt es die Kombination von Allrad und Automatik (DSG)

Das Cockpit und die Front werden neu gestaltet; das CAN-Bussystem wird auf den aktuellen PKW-Standard gebracht inkl. der Option zum Touchscreen-Navi (siehe Golf VI)

hehe curious as I have heard something similar getsren
- 3x diesel 100PS 140PS and 180PS
- + DSG all-wheel possible
- Car + Traposchiene seemed (visually) as the separation T4
- Front is the current face (ählich Schirosto) adapted
- Can new bus system

hehe kurioser weise habe ich getsren etwas ähnliches gehört
- 3x diesel 100PS 140PS und 180PS
- DSG + Allrad möglich
- schienen PKW + Traposchiene (optisch) trennung wie beim T4
- Front wird dem aktuellen Gesicht (ählich Schirosto) angepasst
- neues Can Bus system

mal schauen was wirklich rauskommt

look what's really rauskommt

Thus, => Product training VW (not special Nuzi) with a view to T5 Model Year 2010:
optical changes => no information
to motors => subject to change every 2.0 CR motors to 170 hp (probably in the top PS double charged areas, such as the TDI, but only conjecture ne)
for Electrical => will be completely taken over by the new Polo
Nights "official" training Nutzi Ascension, then more (hopefully)

Very good! Well, is probably correct, so there's probably so little info, because you have not even been finished. But after the plant closing will be converted, which is safe ....

So, => Produktschulung VW (nicht speziel Nuzi) mit Ausblick auf T5 Modeljahr 2010 :
zu optischen Änderungen => keine Auskunft
zu Motoren => unter Vorbehalt alles 2,0 CR Motoren bis 170 PS ( möglicherweise im oberen PS Breich doppelt aufgeladen, wie beim TDI, aber eben nur ne Mutmaßung)
zur Elektrik => wird komplett vom neuen Polo übernommen
nächtste "offizielle" Nutzi Schulung vor Himmelfahrt, dann mehr (hoffentlich)

Sehr gut!!! Tja, ist wohl richtig, deshalb gibt's wohl auch so wenig Infos, weil man noch gar nicht fertig ist. Aber nach den Werksferien wird umgestellt, das ist sicher ....