VW thinks firmer suspension and a bodykit is the quickest way to a van driver's heart. We put it to the test...
"If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire... the A-Team." Or not, because that old, customised GMC van may have had fancy alloys and a big, red, go-faster stripe, but it's getting on a bit now. What you need is a team of gung-ho former commandos for hire with a modern set of sporty wheels. In other words, forget Mr. T and think T32 instead, as in this Volkswagen Transporter T32 Sportline.
On the mechanical front you get the top-spec 204hp 2.0-litre diesel coupled with a standard seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox. You also get a 30mm drop in ride height, thanks to the sports suspension, which means that on the standard 18-inch black alloys the thing looks slammed. Especially so because the many styling upgrades include illuminated side bars and deeper, more aggressive bumpers, all of which make the ground clearance even tighter.
So, it's unquestionably well kitted out, but is this body-kitted van for the maverick man amazing to drive? Err, well, it's okay. That sports suspension should mean it'll land the kind of jumps we saw the GMC pull off in the 80s, because it's quite stiff. Around town it rides like someone's let all the air out of the tyres. Christ, it's lumpy over meaningful bumps, which, as we know, is something our Department for Transport specialises in.
The same situation applies to the engine. Yes, 204hp sounds great and, in a sense, it is. The Sportline certainly feels brisk but, more importantly, very, very torquey from way down low in the rev range. This is because it develops 332lb ft from just 1,400rpm and that's the sort of lugging ability you want in a van. However, the TDI 150 meters out 251lb ft from a similar starting point and, well, that's more than enough to lug, too.
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