The T6.1 was still Volkswagen's best-selling van in 2024 when it was retired, because new EU cyber-security rules would have meant redesigning its electronics.
Lead trim: ABT e-Transporter 6.1 · up to 201 hp
Volkswagen Transporter T6 / T6.1T6 · 2015–2024
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FactThe T6.1 was still Volkswagen's best-selling van in 2024 when it was retired, because new EU cyber-security rules would have meant redesigning its electronics.
The T6 is the sixth generation of the Volkswagen Transporter vans, succeeding the T5 and built from 2015 to 2024. At launch its engines closely matched the 2010–2016 T5, but they were soon updated to cleaner Euro 6 units including a 110 kW (150 PS) TDI and a 150 kW (204 PS) BiTDI. With ABT e-Line, Volkswagen introduced the battery-electric ABT e-Transporter 6.1 in 2020, based on the long-wheelbase T6.1. It was succeeded by the Multivan (T7) and the 2024 Transporter.
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Trims & Figures
5 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 BiTDI (199 PS) | 2015–2024 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 196 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2.0 BiTDI (204 PS) | 2015–2024 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 201 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2.0 TDI (102 PS) | 2015–2024 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 101 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2.0 TDI (150 PS) | 2015–2024 | 2.0 L Inline-4 | 150 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
| ABT e-Transporter 6.1 | 2020–2024 | Electric | 111 hp | — | — | — | — | — |
Owning one
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Owners’ builds
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Photographs
The T7 is built only as a passenger car; the van that replaced the T6.1 Transporter is a Ford Transit Custom sibling with no relation to it.
The T6.1 was still Volkswagen's best-selling van in 2024 when it was retired, because new EU cyber-security rules would have meant redesigning its electronics.
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Rivals
Same body, same money, other badges — tap any card to flip.
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Ford beat the 25% "chicken tax" by importing the Transit Connect as a passenger van — rear windows and seats included, then stripped out and recycled once it landed in the US.
Ford spent years in federal court over the second-gen Transit Connect: in June 2019 the US won its appeal, and judges ruled the van was cargo-only — ending Ford's workaround for the 'chicken tax.'
GM sold a rebadged Nissan NV200 as the Chevy City Express for four years, then killed it in 2018, citing weak sales and the fact that its parts weren't even compatible with GM's own parts catalog.
Its name is a pun: "S-Cargo" means "Small Cargo" but sounds just like escargot — French for snail, the shape the whole van was built to resemble.