An all-new Volkswagen Transporter has landed with a range of diesel and, for the first time, electric powertrains. So can this seventh-generation Transporter live up to the badge’s 75-year heritage?

2026 Volkswagen Transporter

The Volkswagen Transporter lineage can trace its roots all the way back to 1950 when the original Volkswagen Type 2 (T1), known colloquially as the Kombi, became just the second vehicle – behind only the groundbreaking Type 1 (Beetle) – manufactured by the German brand.

Over the intervening 75 years, the Transporter has gone on to become a mainstay of delivery routes the world over.

But this new seventh-generation Transporter brings a seismic shift for the nameplate. The first all-new Transporter in over a decade now shares its underpinnings with its arch-rival,

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