Volkswagen Crafter 4motion
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The new Crafter 4MOTION with four-wheel drive from Achleitner - with heavy loads on extreme off-road terrain
·Four-wheel drive for the most challenging off-road conditions
·With 3.5 or 5.0 tons on all terrain
·Complete four-wheel drive range from Caddy to Crafter
Hanover, 8 November 2011: The Volkswagen Crafter has been winning over customers since the spring of 2011 with its powerful but economical four-cylinder TDI engine - now it is also going off-road as a Crafter 4MOTION with four-wheel drive from Achleitner; the Austrian four-wheel drive specialist has developed a four-wheel drive system that provides compelling traction both on and off road. Thanks to highgrade four-wheel drive technology, the Crafter 4MOTION is, as far as the laws of physics allow, as capable of travel on all terrain as a true off-road vehicle.
The Crafter 4 MOTION with four-wheel drive from Achleitner is designed for use in extreme terrain, as the growing market increasingly demands for all-terrain transporters. Providers of alternative energy concepts, in particular, must increasingly gain access to regions that only rarely boast any kind of infrastructure. However, the building industry and emergency services, disaster relief organisations, the fire brigade and police are also relying on four-wheel drive vehicles more and more. The four wheel drive system from the Achleitner Company with low range reduction (2.5:1) is put to work to take account of the high mass that a Crafter has to move in extreme off-road conditions. It is defined by a permanent and uniform power distribution (50:50) on both axles with differential locks as standard in the transfer box and on the rear axle. As an extra option, a lock can also be ordered for the front axle. Equipped in this way, physics is the only thing limiting what the Crafter 4MOTION with four-wheel drive from Achleitner can do. When all of the locks are active, one wheel can transfer up to 100% of the drive torque. Compensation of the different torques in the drive train no longer occurs. Slip only occurs at the weakest point: between the tyre tread and the ground surface.
The changes have been extensive that the Achleitner Company has implemented on the front axle with independent suspension and the rigid rear axle. Reinforced springs with more displacement, stiffer shock absorbers with progressive damping, and modified stabilisers are just the most obvious changes that have been made. The overall result, regardless of which tyres have been chosen (for off-road or street), is a raised ground clearance of around ten centimetres.
The Crafter is equipped exclusively with the highest performing engine offering the most pulling power and featuring 120 kW (163 PS). The 2.0-litre bi-turbo, well-known from the Amarok and the Transporter, develops its maximum torque of a superb 400 Newton metres at only 1,800 rpm: enough power to start up and advance with the touch of a button in low range first gear in the toughest terrain with a full load, if necessary - regardless of whether as a 3.5 or 5.0 tonner.
The Crafter 4MOTION is available in all of the body variants Volkswagen is known for - as a window van, panel van, as well as chassis, single or double cab dropside transporter, with various wheelbases and roof forms.
The Crafter 4MOTION is available to order immediately from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles partners or Sportsvans.
·Four-wheel drive for the most challenging off-road conditions
·With 3.5 or 5.0 tons on all terrain
·Complete four-wheel drive range from Caddy to Crafter
Hanover, 8 November 2011: The Volkswagen Crafter has been winning over customers since the spring of 2011 with its powerful but economical four-cylinder TDI engine - now it is also going off-road as a Crafter 4MOTION with four-wheel drive from Achleitner; the Austrian four-wheel drive specialist has developed a four-wheel drive system that provides compelling traction both on and off road. Thanks to highgrade four-wheel drive technology, the Crafter 4MOTION is, as far as the laws of physics allow, as capable of travel on all terrain as a true off-road vehicle.
The Crafter 4 MOTION with four-wheel drive from Achleitner is designed for use in extreme terrain, as the growing market increasingly demands for all-terrain transporters. Providers of alternative energy concepts, in particular, must increasingly gain access to regions that only rarely boast any kind of infrastructure. However, the building industry and emergency services, disaster relief organisations, the fire brigade and police are also relying on four-wheel drive vehicles more and more. The four wheel drive system from the Achleitner Company with low range reduction (2.5:1) is put to work to take account of the high mass that a Crafter has to move in extreme off-road conditions. It is defined by a permanent and uniform power distribution (50:50) on both axles with differential locks as standard in the transfer box and on the rear axle. As an extra option, a lock can also be ordered for the front axle. Equipped in this way, physics is the only thing limiting what the Crafter 4MOTION with four-wheel drive from Achleitner can do. When all of the locks are active, one wheel can transfer up to 100% of the drive torque. Compensation of the different torques in the drive train no longer occurs. Slip only occurs at the weakest point: between the tyre tread and the ground surface.
The changes have been extensive that the Achleitner Company has implemented on the front axle with independent suspension and the rigid rear axle. Reinforced springs with more displacement, stiffer shock absorbers with progressive damping, and modified stabilisers are just the most obvious changes that have been made. The overall result, regardless of which tyres have been chosen (for off-road or street), is a raised ground clearance of around ten centimetres.
The Crafter is equipped exclusively with the highest performing engine offering the most pulling power and featuring 120 kW (163 PS). The 2.0-litre bi-turbo, well-known from the Amarok and the Transporter, develops its maximum torque of a superb 400 Newton metres at only 1,800 rpm: enough power to start up and advance with the touch of a button in low range first gear in the toughest terrain with a full load, if necessary - regardless of whether as a 3.5 or 5.0 tonner.
The Crafter 4MOTION is available in all of the body variants Volkswagen is known for - as a window van, panel van, as well as chassis, single or double cab dropside transporter, with various wheelbases and roof forms.
The Crafter 4MOTION is available to order immediately from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles partners or Sportsvans.
