jo-hans

Volkswagen Transporter with Porsche engine
The Google translation from Dutch to English is not perfect but you get the idea.

RSRee

... "ijzingwekkend" indeed Hans; I would almost say "potverdikkeme-nog-an-toe, dat is toch wel het einde!"

And I guess that gives new meaning to that familiar Dutch saying "het busje komt zo ...". (Sorry folks, inside joke)

Thanks for the link - that is absolutely outrageous! Can't say that I like the looks of it, though.

jo-hans

Hi Rob - dat is grappig! I met you last year at the Dundarave Porsche show & ride - wonder if you remember?

Actually I do like the look - several years ago I had a VW T4 (Eurovan)

Speaking of the T4 - I'm sure everyone has seen this video:
VW T4 993 Turbo 522HP

RSRee

Sure, Hans - I remember - hope to have you back with your 993 this year, June 15!

Always like conversions of this kind where there is a lot of the original car still present, such as the 3.6 conversion done to Charlie Slater's VW bus by Fabcar as detailed here: http://www.chpltd.com/ultra_vw/ab_fab.html

Akerlie

My T5 with 210 diesel horses (chipped from 174) is pretty good family hauler, don't think i will be spending the extra 145K euros.

here is a picture : http://www.barnanet.is/myndir/6/4/mynd_it7pXa.jpg

BTW I have seen figures close to 6l pr 100km (think that is close to 40 mpg?) for a car weighing 2450 kg (close to 5000pounds) not bad ! (average is 9l/100km 26mpg)).

jo-hans

It will definitely be on my calendar - I enjoyed last year event.

That Samba is so cool - they did an excellent job on safety, maintaining the original look and then the rest is Porsche!

Btw - congrats on the 993!


If we were only that lucky to see a T5 with a diesel here in North America.
Wonder what the torque is on that beauty you got there?

Akerlie

174hp and 400Nm stock 210hp and 455Nm chipped

Same 4cyl engine as in the Touareg.

Edit : woowww, just checked the us VW site, the Touareg with the V10 diesel engine is 20K more than the V8.