Vanagon

Also known as a T3 in Europe.

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The Vanagon is a late model Volkswagen Bus, built from 1980 until 1991. It was replaced by the EuroVan in the US market in 1993 (1992 saw no VW bus imported into the U.S. market except for custom campers sold by companies other than VW), and was most recently produced in South Africa, where it was finally replaced by the T5 platform.

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It was the last of the rear-engined VW busses and is characterized by a much squarer appearance than the Microbus, a huge windshield and rear windowscreen,

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and the water cooled model years having two large Grilles in the nose. It is characterized by some as resembling a huge VW Rabbit,

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Vanagons are known as "Caravelle" or simply "transporter" elsewhere in the world (outside the US)

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