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may 06, 2021 - Volkswagen

Countdown to the world premiere begun: Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles shows sketches of the new Multivan

  • MPV icon: #volkswagen Commercial Vehicles to present a new generation of the #multivan in mid-June
  • Charismatic DNA: New Multivan's design consciously pays homage to its predecessors with key elements of styling
  • Strong proportions: MQB platform facilitates an especially long wheelbase and extra width

Hannover, 5 May 2021 – The #multivan is one of the greatest motor vehicle icons of the present day. Now the time has come to write another chapter in this story of success. With a completely new #multivan. #volkswagen Commercial Vehicles will be celebrating its world #premiere in June. Initial sketches now provide a preview of how the next #multivan will look. Head designer Albert Kirzinger: “The new #multivan bears the unmistakable genes of the world’s best-known MPV design.”

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has taken the liberty of recreating the #multivan from top to bottom. The design and appearance of one of the most flexible and most original vehicle concepts on the market has thus been realigned. Nevertheless it remains the case that the DNA of its famous predecessors plays a key part in shaping the design of the new #multivan generation too. “Taking a major step forward, we have further enhanced the unmistakable character of this iconic vehicle, while still remaining loyal to the typical Bulli line. We consciously invoke, for example, the horizontal character line that runs around the body of a T3”, says Kirzinger. The monolithic design is thus also a homage to the first generation of the #multivan, which made its debut more than 35 years ago. The new #multivan also incorporates an element of styling from the T4 and thus from the second generation: the bonnet stretched laconically forward beneath the windscreen. Head designer Kirzinger: “The DNA of the T’s multifaceted story lives on. In a completely new #multivan, which is nevertheless a typical Bulli at first sight. With a characterful, endearing look and clear, timeless design.”

In this short video, Albert Kirzinger explains essential design elements of a #multivan.

The now fifth generation of the #multivan offering up to seven seats is based for the first time on the Modular Transverse Matrix. In conjunction with that comes an extension of the wheelbase with correspondingly striking proportions. The new #multivan is also wider. In line with that, the track width has increased as well. At the same time, Albert Kirzinger's team has given the new #multivan a somewhat lower profile. In the interplay of the proportions, a powerful overall look is thus created. The designers also achieved great advances with the aerodynamics. The aim: lower fuel consumption, greater range.

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles: We Transport Success, Freedom and Future
As a leading manufacturer of light commercial vehicles, the #volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brand (VWCV) is reshaping the transportation of goods, services and people in a fundamental and lasting way. Our vehicles transport construction workers, families and adventurers, bread rolls, parcels and surfboards. Every day they help countless people all over the world to do a good job, they operate as mobile workshops and they bring paramedics and police personnel to wherever they are needed.
At our sites in Hannover (D), Poznań (PL), Września (PL) and Pacheco (ARG), around 24,000 employees produce the Transporter, Caddy, Crafter and Amarok model lines, and, as of 2022, will be producing the ID. BUZZ – the fully electric version of our iconic Bulli. Within the #volkswagen Group, VWCV is also the lead brand for autonomous driving and for mobility offerings such as Mobility-as-a-Service and Transport-as-a-Service - areas in which we are shaping the future of mobility.
In this way, the brand is transporting the society of tomorrow with all its requirements for clean, intelligent and sustainable mobility. It is this that #volkswagen Commercial Vehicles stands for with its brand promise: We transport success, freedom and future.