Initially called the Volkswagon Transporter or VW Type2, the concept was inspired by Dutch VW importer, Ben Pon, in the 1950s. But how did it get the name ‘Kombi’?
Built to carry either passengers or goods, the versatile ‘combination motor vehicle’ or ‘Kombinationskraftwagen’ (in German) was soon given the shortened nickname ‘Kombi’, a friendly name that easily entered our vocabulary and lives.