Remember the hip van that sometimes with colorful paintjob or sometime used in some hit movies? I think this vehicle was used in the movie “Little Miss Sunshine”. Oh yes. Definitely it was the T2 bus!

I bet you’re familiar with this vehicle because I’m sure you can still spot this vintage van cruising around the streets. Am I right? What I’m talking about here is the Volkswagen Type 2 van or also known as the “transporter”.

The Volkswagen Type 2 Bus or the Transporter was the second automotive unit created by the German automaker Volkswagen. It was first introduced in 1950 and the design was basically patterned from Type 1 model which is the VW Beetle. T2 was likely to be commonly considered as a passenger van and a modern cargo. The T2 bus created a lot of imitators which was found both in United States and Europe which includes the A100 by Dodge, the Econoline by Ford and the Corvan by Chevrolet.

And don’t you know that the T2 has updated versions that are still marketed internationally? Now tell me, did we miss something? We can still experience the feel of getting into this classic and so hip vehicle!

We have to give credit to Dutch Volkswagen importer Ben Pon who is responsible of the first sketches of T2 VW parts. Heavy optimization led to the aerodynamics of the first model although it wasn’t that good. It took place at the wind tunnel of Technical University of Braunschweig and all the efforts were all worth it. Compared to other Volkswagen with rear-engine, over the time it constantly evolved but it failed to witness all-new models while the T2 has not only evolved but was completely improved with variations made periodically which we knew as T1 to T5.

We should be thankful to the brilliant minds of Volkswagen designer and engineers who’s responsible for creating such wonderful vehicle. How about a round of applause there?

How I wish I can own one of this T2s and modify it myself. What do you think? Something’s telling me I have the hippie character. Rock and roll with the Volkswagen T2!