In keeping with the Type 2's naming convention, the short and long-nose versions are also informally known as T4a and T4b, respectively.

However, campers and other specialist vehicles produced between 19 may have either the short or the long nose, depending on which model was used as the base vehicle. The commercial variants continued to be produced with the shorter nose until 2003. Initially, only Caravelles and Multivans were available with the longer nose, since these were the only models available with the VR6 engine. This was needed to fit the six-cylinder VR6 engine into the T4's engine bay. There was one major facelift to the T4, in 1996, when a re-shaped, longer front end was introduced. Vans have either a single, roof-hinged 'tailgate' or two 'barn' doors at the rear and either a single (passenger side) or twin (both sides) sliding doors. High-tops were only manufactured on the LWB chassis, although campervan conversions often have pop-top or (usually fibreglass) high-tops added to both SWB and LWB chassis. Panel vans were available with two different roof heights standard (1940mm) and high-top (2430mm).

Razor back - with a hydraulic rear body that was produced between 19 in the UK.

Double cab - based on a LWB chassis (aka Doka, from the German: Doppelkabine).

Caravelle, Multivan and (in the US) EuroVan - with windows all round 3 rows of seats.Kombi or Half-Panel - with additional windows between the b and c-pillars 2 rows of seats.Panel Van - without any windows behind the b-pillar single row of seats.Two standard wheelbases were available 'short' (2920mm) and 'long' (3320mm). It was available in many forms and sizes as standard and formed the basis of many specialist vehicles, from buses to campervans to ambulances. Part of the success of the T4 was its versatility. LWB short-nosed Double cab Pickup (aka Doka)

After a run of nearly 14 years, T4 production ceased in 2003, making it second only to the T1 for length of production in its home market. Thus, the introduction of a front-engined layout was delayed until the arrival of the T4.

The reasons for deciding in 1980 to instead introduce a new rear-engined T3 are unclear. Prompted by the success of similar moves with their passenger cars, Volkswagen had toyed with the idea of replacing their air-cooled, rear-engined T2 vans with a front-engined, water-cooled design in the late 1970s. Introduced in 1990, the T4 was the first Volkswagen van to have a front-mounted, water-cooled engine. The Volkswagen Transporter (T4), marketed in North America as the Volkswagen EuroVan, is a van produced by the German manufacturer Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles between 19, succeeding the Volkswagen Type 2 (T3) and superseded by the Volkswagen Transporter (T5).

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