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Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and the organisers of the world’s largest gathering of Transporter campervans, Vanfest, are inviting campervan owners to enter their vehicles into a special ‘Five Generations of Camper’ competition. The winning vehicles will be exhibited at a Volkswagen-sponsored display at the show which takes place at the Three Counties Showground, Malvern from 12-14 September. Around 8,000 Volkswagen campers are expected to attend Vanfest 2008, which is presented annually on behalf of the Volkswagen Type 2 Owners Club.

The VW camper in which Joanne Lees and Peter Falconio were driving when they were ambushed on a desert road is to be destroyed.

Win a full refund on VW Camper insurance from Just Kampers.

The chances of winning the lottery are around one in 14million. If you don't fancy those odds, here's some good news: the chances of winning a full refund on your VW Camper insurance are just one in a hundred, thanks to Just Kampers Insurance Services (JKIS).

A Volkswagen fan who is covered in tattoos of cars, camper vans and logos says he is a 'walking billboard' for the car manufacturer.
Chris Redford, who runs Funkmaster Red in Cavendish Place, says his obsession started at a young age.

The Who - in conjunction with the Teenage Cancer Trust - is currently running a competition to win The Who's Magic Bus - and it is a real bus.

Well, it's actually an original (but customised) Volkswagen T1 panel van from 1965, signed by both Roger Daltrey (patron of the Teenage Cancer Trust), and Pete Townshend.

I don't think we've featured any egg cups for a while. Come to think of it, I don't think we've ever featured an egg cup

22 November 2007: A remarkable milestone has been reached as Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has now produced in excess of 10 million examples of the iconic Transporter van. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the creation of the model.

Volkswagen is investigating whether it can design and build a more simple replacement for the historic Camper van

It may seem like a strange alliance, but Volkswagen and British rock group The Who have joined forces. And the result could see the return of the firm’s much loved camper van.

Well, not really, Volkswagen the company actually has nothing to do with these cute little flash drives modeled after their more famous vehicles. There are 4 models, 2 beetles, and 2 campers.

The classic VW Type 2 camper van, now made in Brazil, can be bought new in the UK. Mark Dixon put some flowers in his hair and took off

Appropriately, I was driving through Woodstock - that's Woodstock in Oxfordshire, rather than New York State - when it happened. A young lad in his Vauxhall made a rude gesture with his right hand as I passed. Mentally tut-tutting at his appalling manners, I was several miles down the road before I realised that, far from being offensive, he was actually using one of those incomprehensible "VW" gestures with which fellow vee-dub enthusiasts signal their approval. Oh, the shame!

It's comfortable, nippy and has room for just about anything you might take to the beach but, asks Alex Wade, will surfers find VW's new van as cool as the original?

A family had to cancel their holiday after the camper van they were travelling in burst into flames.

Police were forced to close the junction 4 slip road of the M61 for 30 minutes at 10.15am on Sunday while firefighters doused the flames.

The family of four from South Manchester were travelling in the Volkswagen camper van, northbound, for a holiday in the Lake District when an electrical fault caused the engine to burst into flames.

Firefighters spent 40 minutes dealing with the blaze, but the van and all of its contents have been destroyed.

It is now 60 years since Volkswagen produced the first Camper Van, and the company is hosting a series of celebrations at the Hanover Exhibition Centre in Germany this October. Though the VW Camper has a massive cult following today, it was originally based on a vehicle used to transport heavy panels around the Wolfsburg factory, which inspired the split-screen T1 van in 1947.