2009 VW Routan Pics

[RONDAL]

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check out that shifter. holy jeebus.

i'll take the mom...you guys can fight over the van

[mk4jetta]

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look at the bright side, at least there is a milf in the pic lol

[bart]

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Ummmm.......its a Touran in Europe....I think its funny that they swapped letters and are bringing it here!

I'm all for VW bringing a minivan here, I mentioned that 3 years ago already...

no, the touran is completely different, its much smaller. its actually a real vw made by vw.

this thing is garbage. vw WHORED their name.

TOURAN PICS:







as you can see, that is a much nicer minivan.

[Tuna]

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Oh wait, mostly all the techs at Northland are Chrysler techs. They won't have a problem doing head gaskets on them..

Don't forget the infamous transmission problems.

It looks pretty good I think, but caravans just have too many problems and are just built way too cheap. If I was in the market though and this was only slightly more than the competition I would def consider it.

[Aleks]

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Yes, the Touran is an MPV style vehicle, I understand that. VW in Europe had a much larger van aswell, although I can't remember the name of it. I assumed the association based on the name, afterall why would VW name 2 different vehicles so similarly?

[Canadian Turbo]

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VWs people mover lines are all named with the -an suffix; Sharan, Touran, Routan and even Tiguan.

[stefan]

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Sharan or Caravelle? Is the Sharan bigger or smaller than the Touran? The Caravelle is more the size of a minivan here, but looks to be targeting comercial market.

[Canadian Turbo]

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Caravelle is the current Eurovan



The Sharan is a mini van project that was co-developed with Ford.



Both are bigger than a Touran which is just a stretched Golf platform, so in effect you have a Golf, Golf Plus and Touran all getting a little bigger. I would say than the Routan is the NA version of the Sharan, except made with Chrysler instead of Ford.

[stefan]

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Caravelle is much more VW than the rest. I guess just not appealing to the NA market.

[Stonewall]

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Don't forget the infamous transmission problems.

You mean unlike the Eurovan transmission problems... just wait I have a Eurovan...

[Khyron]

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Don't forget the infamous transmission problems.

It looks pretty good I think, but caravans just have too many problems and are just built way too cheap. If I was in the market though and this was only slightly more than the competition I would def consider it.

It's a chrysler platforms, but the drivetrain, sheetmetal and interior is all supposed to be VW is it not?

[VRado6]

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The drivetrains will be the same as the Caravan. The interior is re-designed but still uses a fair amount of chrysler components. On the outside, I beleive the doors are the only shared components. Possibly the roof skin as well, but I'm not sure on that one.

[Kor]

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The drivetrains will be the same as the Caravan. The interior is re-designed but still uses a fair amount of chrysler components. On the outside, I beleive the doors are the only shared components. Possibly the roof skin as well, but I'm not sure on that one.

Correct, its a Chrysler underneath the body styling. Suspension "tuned" by VW but transmission and engine are from the Caravan and the interior is described as being somewhere in-between VW-normal (good) and Chrysler normal (bad).

Basically nobody should buy this.

[stefan]

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if its safe and priced right, it will sell. minivans don't sell for their hotness.

[mr_barbeque]

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Dave remember the horizon... remember the horizon!