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Van of the Day: April 14, 2013; Siku '90 Volkswagen Transporter T4
Topic Started: Apr 14 2013, 01:54 AM (1,197 Views)
Dean-o-mite
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The van for today is the Siku 1990 Volkswagen Transporter T4.

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The Volkswagen Transporter T4 (marketed in North America as the Volkswagen Eurovan) is a van produced by German automaker Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles between 1990 and 2003, succeeding the Volkswagen Type 2 (T3) and superseded by the Transporter T5.


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Introduced in 1990, the T4 was the first in a line of Volkswagen Transporters to have a front-mounted, water-cooled engine. Prompted by the success of similar moves with their passenger cars, Volkswagen had toyed in the late 1970s with the idea of replacing their air-cooled, rear-engined Type 2 vans with a front-engined, water-cooled design. The reasons for deciding in 1980 to instead introduce a new rear-engined Type 2 (T3)/Vanagon are unclear. Thus, the introduction of a front-engined layout was delayed until the arrival of the T4.
Although its predecessors are also referred to casually as Transporters, the T4 is the first Volkswagen van to officially use the 'Transporter' title.

After a production run of nearly 14 years, T4 production ceased in 2003, making it second only to the T1 for length of production in its home market.



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Check out Wikipedia.com to learn more on the VW Transporter.

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Billy Kingsley
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I remember seeing these in person but not often. Looks like Siku captured it well.
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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
I'd sure love to grab a dozen of these if only we had them in the U.S. hanging on the pegs at major stores!!!!
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Dean-o-mite
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We got the window version of this van in the U.S. - called the Eurovan. I'm not sure I've seen a panel van version, in person, in the U.S. I really enjoy this Siku casting, probably most likely due to the fact that it comes in really close to 1/64, instead of the more typical 1/55 Siku size. Plus, I love those wheels and tires.
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JeepXJLover
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I can see where VW got the idea for the VW Caddy.
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Stampede
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Dean-O-mite
Apr 15 2013, 01:47 PM
We got the window version of this van in the U.S. - called the Eurovan. I'm not sure I've seen a panel van version, in person, in the U.S. I really enjoy this Siku casting, probably most likely due to the fact that it comes in really close to 1/64, instead of the more typical 1/55 Siku size. Plus, I love those wheels and tires.
I think I've seen a few eurovans where I live. They are quite nice vans, actually.

Agree with you about the tires.
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FiatCoupe
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I've got this yellow version,shown here with a later Siku T5 B)
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