New VW Multivan California Camper Announced For 2023 Reveal

Volkswagen Industrial Automobiles had its annual press convention this week to announce plans for 2023. We have been anticipating to see teaser photographs of the ID. Buzz GTX and/or LWB however as an alternative we heard information of a unique boxy minivan. CEO Carsten Intra revealed the Multivan T7 will obtain the camper remedy later this 12 months as a brand new California. It is going to be a part of the “California Universe” to supply extra tenting fashions and higher help for homeowners.

“We wish to develop the vary across the enterprise with our tenting fashions – and thus provide our prospects that particular California feeling. These embody digital providers for the Cali Group, fully new providers to enrich the acquisition of a automobile… but additionally the present automobile presentation of the brand new California based mostly on the Multivan. We’re planning these for later within the 12 months.”

Particulars in regards to the new camper weren’t disclosed, however we’re anticipating the outdoorsy automobile to be supplied with a plug-in hybrid powertrain. Primarily based on the omnipresent MQB platform, the common Multivan combines a turbocharged 1.4-liter gasoline engine with an electrical motor, a 13-kWh lithium-ion battery pack, and a seven-speed DSG. VW Industrial Car additionally sells the van with 1.5 TSI and a couple of.0 TSI engines and a 2.0 TDI.

Through the press convention, Carsten Intra additionally introduced VW Industrial Automobiles is engaged on a plug-in hybrid Caddy (which has already been spied present process testing) and a next-generation electrical Crafter. Collectively developed with Ford, a brand new Transporter workhorse will premiere in 2024.

As well as, the production-ready ID. Buzz AD will arrive in 2025 when the purely electrical van is predicted to spawn a California camper model to comply with the Multivan.

In the meantime, Carsten Intra mentioned the Ranger-based Amarok is already at some sellers and went on to explain it as a “actual Amarok” regardless of its Ford underpinnings.

The US-bound ID. Buzz with a protracted wheelbase will premiere in June and go on sale within the US in 2024. The twin-motor, all-wheel-drive GTX with 335 horsepower can also be anticipated to interrupt cowl this 12 months. A non-GTX model with AWD can also be into account.