page_title: Volkswagen Type 2 (T3)
section_title: Features
hierarchical_section_title: Volkswagen Type 2 (T3) / Features
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Volkswagen T3, Club Joker, 1981, (1. TUD Campus Classics, 9.6.2012, Dresden)
context_page_description: The Volkswagen Type 2 (T3) was the third generation of the Volkswagen Transporter and was marketed under various nameplates worldwide – including the Transporter or Caravelle in Europe, Microbus in South Africa, and Vanagon in North and South America.
  It was larger, heavier, and more angular in its styling than its predecessor, the T2.
  The T3 was manufactured in Germany from 1979 until 1991. Production of the 4WD continued until 1992 at Puch in Graz/Austria, where all 4WDs were built. A limited number of 2WD models were also produced at the Graz factory after German production had come to an end in 1990. South African production of the T3 continued, for that market only, until 2002. The T3 was the final generation of rear-engined Volkswagens.
context_section_description: With the internal combustion engine and transaxle mounted very low in the back, the T3 had much larger disc brakes in the front, and drums in the rear.  Axle weight is very nearly equal upon both the front and back ends of the vehicle.  Unlike the T2 before it, the T3 was available with amenities such as power steering, air conditioning, power door locks, electrically controlled and heated mirrors, lighted vanity mirrors, and a light above the glove box (some of which were standard equipment in later (non commercial vehicle) models).
  The automatic was a standard hydraulic three-speed unit, the same 090/010 unit as used in Audis of the era.  These featured a cast aluminium alloy case for the transmission section, and a cast iron case for the final drive section.
  The 091 manual transmission was a four-speed unit, featuring a lightweight aluminium alloy case; from 1983 a 5-speed transmission was available as an option on certain models; a 5-speed was fitted as standard on Syncro four-wheel drive models.
  The automatic features a 1.0 ratio top gear, while the manual features a 0.85 top gear.
  The oil filler tube for the engine is located behind the flip-down license plate door, as is the oil dipstick and the power steering fluid reservoir (when fitted) on Petrol models. Diesel models have the reservoir in the front right corner of the engine bay.  Early models had a twist-on/off non locking gas cap right on the outside just under and behind the passenger side door.  A locking cap was standard on later models. 4 Wheel Drive (Syncro) models have the fuel tank in the rear above the transmission so the filler is on the right side rear corner. The spare tyre lies in a tray under the very front of the van (as the engine is in the back), just below the radiator.
caption: Volkswagen T3, Club Joker, 1981, Air-cooled, one front grill
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