The origin of all today's vans and vans can be traced back to the panel truck used for internal transport at Volkswagen's production facility in Wolfsburg in the late 1940s, which inspired the Dutch importer Ben Pon to create an idea for a transport vehicle. At the end of the 1940s, VW developed several prototypes for a large-scale vehicle suitable for transport purposes. Since none of the names initially requested could be used without restriction, the new vehicle class was given the name Transporter. From 8 March 1950, the first generation van was produced in series. The car with the typical V-shaped front section and the split windscreen was available in various versions, including as a minibus. The technology was based on that of the Volkswagen Type 1, the so-called beetle, so that the T1 had an air-cooled four-cylinder boxer engine. Increased the power of the reliable 1.2 litre rear engine