New van options - Crewvan.

[Tornado T5]

Talking to salesman at my servicing VW dealer I enquired about a Crewvan Tdi400, lwb, wing doors, dsg and awd. Told that no go on lwb/awd although no probs on swb/awd Crewvan Tdi400. Anyone know the technical reason as I was just excited to learn you can order a Crewvan with wing doors, which wasn't possible in '07 and 2nd row factory seats are much better then aftermarket.

[Tewbacca]

Hope you know what you're doing with the wing doors. My old van with wing doors rattled like blazzers. I love the tail gate rear door on my new one (well, new to me). Its huge and a great place to get changed under after going for a surf in the rain. Brilliant. My after-market rear seat is great too. In the same fabric, folds to two positions, seat belts and head restraints for 3 passengers.

[gecko2k]

yeah. wouldn't go wing doors. in tight car parks its a pain to open and get your stuff in.

100% agree with Tewbacca here!

[Tornado T5]

Err. I've had wing doors for 15 years, never a rattle or shake...and forklifts like them much more then tailgates when loading a 1000Lt IBC into the rear, lol.

[Tewbacca]

Horses for courses Tornado. Yep, if you have to put a pallet in the back, a tailgate would be useless. It appears you know what you're doing, and its best for you. I'll butt out and go back to surfing and camping, where the tailgate is a perfect solution.

[Transporter]

Talking to salesman at my servicing VW dealer I enquired about a Crewvan Tdi400, lwb, wing doors, dsg and awd. Told that no go on lwb/awd although no probs on swb/awd Crewvan Tdi400. Anyone know the technical reason as I was just excited to learn you can order a Crewvan with wing doors, which wasn't possible in '07 and 2nd row factory seats are much better then aftermarket.

It could be down maximum load that the LWB van could carry, since the 4Motion can carry much less than FWD, so making the 4Motion LWB would mean that it could carry even less. Other than that only the difference in 4Motion SWB and 4Motion LWB is the longer tail shaft. I may be wrong though (I didn't check the availability in OS).

[Seano]

There's no technical reason why one can not get an LWB/4Motion Crewvan since the DOKA is LWB and available in 4motion with a high load capacity too.

The reason is probably Volkswagen Oz. They either haven't done the compliance to get such a beastie imported or haven't bothered putting them on the order sheet on the presumption of limited sales. The latter might mean that you could put the pressure on to VWoA to see if they could do a special order...

[Tornado T5]

Horses for courses Tornado. Yep, if you have to put a pallet in the back, a tailgate would be useless. It appears you know what you're doing, and its best for you. I'll butt out and go back to surfing and camping, where the tailgate is a perfect solution.

Trust me, I'd rather be surfing and camping then loading forklift loads into the van, and you can never butt in, so please don't butt out, lol

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There's no technical reason why one can not get an LWB/4Motion Crewvan since the DOKA is LWB and available in 4motion with a high load capacity too.

The reason is probably Volkswagen Oz. They either haven't done the compliance to get such a beastie imported or haven't bothered putting them on the order sheet on the presumption of limited sales. The latter might mean that you could put the pressure on to VWoA to see if they could do a special order...

I guess one way of checking is having a go at the configurator website of VW Germany and see if I can choose that combo...hope I don't get lost in the translation.

[Seano]

The Poms have what you want but it appears the Transporter Kombi LWB doesn't get a 4motion driveline option...but the plain LWB panel van does. How odd!

[Tornado T5]

The Poms have what you want but it appears the Transporter Kombi LWB doesn't get a 4motion driveline option...but the plain LWB panel van does. How odd!

And fiddling on the German site
Konfigurator < Transporter Kombi < Modelle < Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge
shows I can actually order a LWB Kombi (Crewvan) with 7spDSG, 4motion and 2-3 seat arrangement so I guess it's more down to local divisions possibly certifying select combo's based on sales predictions.

[Sunny43.5]

Hey Tornado you are probably right about sales predictions so many car makers make huge blunders when it comes to what we can buy here in Australia , very recently VW anounced they are going to release the VW Sirroco this year hmmm I remember back in 1984 when my wife and I were travelling in England we stayed at a small hotel down on the Sussex coast . The hotel was hosting a journalist preview of you guessed it the Sirroco , I commented to my wife at the time what a good looker it was and wondered whether it was coming to Australia finally here we are 30 years later and its coming !!!!Yes I know its the newer version but again a marketing mistake amongst so many others . This is the trouble with being an Island continent so far from the worlds car makers .

[Tornado T5]

Not eclusive to VW. Ford SZ Territory is selling ~70/30 diesel/petrol. It was planned to get diesel in 2006, local boss gets promoted to Europe, new US boss takes over, no real understanding of diesels in passenger cars and cans it for XR6 turbo engine...5 years sales lost of premium priced products.

[Zaskar]

My understanding is that you can get a 4motion Crewvan, but because these are unusual options, they would have to be ordered and built in Germany. That means that if you wanted it this year, you could expect delivery sometime in November 2012. Only small changes, like seats can be made here, and that depends on availability and dealer willingness.