Volkswagen Plattenwagen

Volkswagen Plattenwagen

Overview
Manufacturer	Volkswagen
Body and chassis
Class	Commercial vehicle
Body style	Platform truck
Layout	Rear-engine, rear-wheel drive
Related	Volkswagen Beetle

The Volkswagen Plattenwagen was never sold to the public, and was used only by the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg as a parts runabout.

When Dutch Volkswagen importer Ben Pon visited the Wolfsburg factory in 1947, he spotted a Plattenwagen based on the Volkswagen Beetle. This gave him the idea for a Volkswagen commercial, the future Transporter.

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles — a marque of the Volkswagen Group

current Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles range	Caddy / Caddy Life / Caddy Maxi / Caddy Tramper(Camper) California (Multivan / Kombi) Crafter Amarok

discontinued aircooled VW CV models	Plattenwagen Kleinlieferwagen (Fridolin) EA489 Basistransporter (Hormiga) Type 2 (T1) Transporter / Bus / Splitscreen Type 2 (T3): Transporter / Caravelle / Vanagon / T25 Saveiro

discontinued watercooled VW CV models	Saveiro Type 2 (T3): Transporter / Caravelle / Vanagon / T25 T4: Transporter / Multivan / Caravelle / Eurovan T5: Transporter / Multivan / Eurovan / Kombi / Caravelle Taro LT

VW CV concept vehicles	Microbus Concept Search and Rescue Pickup Concept

VW CV based Campervans	Westfalia Campervans

see also	list of Volkswagen Group factories list of Volkswagen Group platforms list of Volkswagen Group petrol engines list of Volkswagen Group diesel engines discontinued petrol engines discontinued diesel engines North American engines 4motion Transporter (range) Volkswagen Trucks and Buses

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