T7 Multivan
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its probably a version of caravelle or sharan as has been mentioned here but the article does say there is a van version. Fake news !
I'm sure I remember a discussion about this a couple years ago where Autocar said they'd heard that the replacement for the T6 would be more car/people carrier based produced in-house and called Transporter, with a separate panel van being a collaboration with Ford and not bearing the Transporter name. Maybe this is the former?
I hadn't actually looked at the pics but now I have, and comparing the camouflaged/uncamouflaged pics along with the info that's come out about it to date, there's no doubt in my mind that that's the next Transporter. Probably look better with bigger wheels but it's certainly a bit challenged in looks, esp in the rear 3/4 view. And any other view.
Plugin hybrid though. So there's that.
Plugin hybrid though. So there's that.
Proof, if it was needed, that you should never let children under 6 design a vehicle. Their drawings are fine on the fridge, but should not form the basis for anything real.
i Think the reverse.
I think it is the next sharan. Looking at the nose, its got that mk8 people friendly bonnet design (something that a van just cant do..) - profile is the same as the current sharan but it takes some more cues from the transporter, generally speaking - maybe as some sort corporate decsion making out that transporters are more pupular than sharans - lets add some design cues!! coz everyone will love that!! (barfs a litte, knowing that he prefers the current sharan to this as a comparison..)
Just a theory. If you have something that is not doing well, you take cues from the thing that is doing well. Unfortunately, these decisions often come out with some sort of... mangled birth child. Oh dear...
Edit (five mins later). I looked at the pohtos again. The driver is obviously sat quite high up.
My.
If this is how the t7 is going to look (if the mk8 golf is anyhting to go by.. potentially...) i sheerly hope someone figure out how to retrofit adaptive cruise control to t6 *thinks about the detailed threads on the subject already..*
I think it is the next sharan. Looking at the nose, its got that mk8 people friendly bonnet design (something that a van just cant do..) - profile is the same as the current sharan but it takes some more cues from the transporter, generally speaking - maybe as some sort corporate decsion making out that transporters are more pupular than sharans - lets add some design cues!! coz everyone will love that!! (barfs a litte, knowing that he prefers the current sharan to this as a comparison..)
Just a theory. If you have something that is not doing well, you take cues from the thing that is doing well. Unfortunately, these decisions often come out with some sort of... mangled birth child. Oh dear...
Edit (five mins later). I looked at the pohtos again. The driver is obviously sat quite high up.
My.
If this is how the t7 is going to look (if the mk8 golf is anyhting to go by.. potentially...) i sheerly hope someone figure out how to retrofit adaptive cruise control to t6 *thinks about the detailed threads on the subject already..*
Maybe it’s just me, but it doesn’t look much different in size to the T6.1 behind it in one of the pics.
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Yeah, Prototypes never make it to production as is. Rarely. If ever. There has been a couple though. Remember the honda civic back in the mid 00's.. who expected that triangular thing to make it through pretty unscathed (but that actually looked decent. I loved the r'trim..)
I reckon it will look different as you say, because the end thing will not be precisely the same.
I havent watched the video fully but one of the first things he said was about the mqb platform- that is what was trundling through my brain last night. It's a cost saving measure and fits in with my thoughts surrounding production and why there may he some inkling it might be something to do with the sharan.
I reckon it will look different as you say, because the end thing will not be precisely the same.
I havent watched the video fully but one of the first things he said was about the mqb platform- that is what was trundling through my brain last night. It's a cost saving measure and fits in with my thoughts surrounding production and why there may he some inkling it might be something to do with the sharan.
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Well I reckon it’s the newly resisted Renault espace. Truly the face only a mother could love!
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