I don't think it'll be anywhere until next year. I know of one German who ordered a Beach Tour a few weeks ago and was told not to expect it before February 2025. In Switzerland it is now possible to pre-order the Californias via a dealership but no configurator to play with yet.
The takeaway is, he thinks it might be available to order in Nov / Dec for an April / May delivery.
The hybrid sounds interesting, it'll be the most rapid Cali ever at 245 BHP!The takeaway is, he thinks it might be available to order in Nov / Dec for an April / May delivery.
Which would be nice
It’s not on the German configurator yet.
As both an EV and a ICE driver I would personally avoid hybrid. The worst of both worlds with much more to go wrong.
Not as rapid as a full EV costing only 2p/mile with a decent 280 mile range. The EV does the equivalent to over 90mpg! Hybrids are generally a half way house for those who don’t feel comfortable with moving too far away from the safer ICE platform. For a heavy vehicle like a camper, when you’re far more likely to do longer journeys, why bother with hybrid? More expensive to buy and more costly to maintain. Warranty period is less worrying for the buyer I guess so if you only own when under warranty maybe it makes slightly more sense. I just don’t see the point of hybrid, especially on a heavy camper. I don’t really see a better option than a diesel engine actually.
^ This
It maybe that VW has emissions targets to hit on sales, I know that all manufactures have an imposed target of EV new sales in the UK..
Does the weedy battery in the MV PHEV count? BEV yes.
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Where’s the toilet and shower inside ?Hmm, look what Westfalia is presenting as their new Club Joker City Urban,
Westfalia Club Joker City Urban | Ford Transit Custom Camper
two sliding doors, two seats instead of bench, one cooking burner....
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See it here on an earlier discussionHmm, look what Westfalia is presenting as their new Club Joker City Urban,
Westfalia Club Joker City Urban | Ford Transit Custom Camper
two sliding doors, two seats instead of bench, one cooking burner....
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For how long? I stopped on the M40 last week for 40 minutes, there was a buzz on charge when I arrived and it was still there when I left
That's illegal, what about the sound barrier!
Not 100% but her goes....the BMW is around the same. However in reality I earn more from electric than it cost me, so its a negative figure. But its not relative to cost rather than tail pipe emission
It’s telling that in the comments Chris responds to almost universal criticism of the vehicle by saying several times that this California is “definitely for a different demographic” of “day campers”, and that he himself wishes that VW would build a camper based on the new Transporter. When one commenter predicts that his California sales will drop, he responds, “We also sell Transporters.” ‘Nuff said, anybody considering buying one should read his responses to the comments (when another commenter points out that the lower roofline will mean that the awning will be very low, he jokingly responds that for a fee they will make you shorter!).
The seats can be removed from the sliding rails.
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