VW Syncro Road-Tests

Phil Lander form Australia composed the following list of syncro ([rear] and [front] engined) road-tests, travel reports from all over the world. We are quite sure that the list is not yet complete so everybody who knows missing details about the articles mentioned below or ony written news about syncros not listed yet is kindly requested to help completing it
- Tom Niksch [4/1998]

USA

Feb 1986 CAR & DRIVER "VW Vanagon Camper Syncro" Pages ?

Australia

Jun 1982 4X4 AUSTRALIA * "4X4 VW Kombi" Pages ?
Sep 1985 4X4 AUSTRALIA * "Workhorses" Pages ?
Apr 1986 OVERLANDER * "Syncro" Pages ?
Jul 1988 OVERLANDER "The Dak Dak is Back" Pages 46-51
Jan 1989 OVERLANDER "Sensible Syncro" Pages 86-87
Jun 1989 OVERLANDER "Syncro Nicety" Pages 18-23
Jul 1989 OVERLANDER "Spacious Oddity" Pages 20-25
Aug 1989 OVERLANDER "Where Germans Fear Not" Pages 81 -85
Sep 1989 4X4 AUSTRALIA "VW Four Wheeler" Pages 32-39
Mar 1990 4X4 AUSTRALIA*"Trakka Campervan" Pages ?
Jul 1990 OVERLANDER "Versatile Veedub" Pages 28-29
Sep 1990 OVERLANDER "Wunderbar, Ja" Pages 18-20; OVERLANDER "The Last Laugh" Pages 40-45
Jan 1991 OVERLANDER "4WD Of The Year" Pages 84-85
Jun 1991 OVERLANDER "Space Race" Pages 28-39

Great Britain

Mar-1985 AUTOCAR "Starting a Trend" Pages ?
Jun 1986 OFF ROAD & 4WD "VW Transporter Syncro" Pages 28-32
Jun 1986 OFF-ROADER & 4x4"Syncro" Pages 17-21
Aug 1986 AUTOCAR *"Mass Mover"Pages ?
Dec 1986 OFF ROADER & 4X4"The Volks Back Home" Pages 21-23
Apr 1987 OFF ROADER & 4X4"Take The Bus" Pages 38-45
Oct 1987 AUTOCAR *"Caravelle Syncro" Pages ?
Jan 1988 MOTOR *Out Of Bounds" Pages ?
Nov 1988 OFF ROADER & 4X4"Busmans Holiday" Pages 42-45
Mar 1989 OFF ROADER & 4X4"Teutonic Transporter" Pages 54-57
Sep 1991 OFF ROADER & 4X4"Syncro Nicety" Pages 44-47
Oct 1991 OFF ROADER & 4X4"Syncro Nicety" Pages 47-51

Germany

July 1984 OFF ROAD "VW Bulli 4X4" Pages 60-61 >Presentation of the new syncro Bus<
Mar 1985 OFF ROAD "VW Transporter Syncro" Pages 29-37 >first informations about the 4x4 Bus not yet named syncro<
May 1985 AUTO MOTOR & SPORT"VW Caravelle Syncro" Pages 78-81 >road test<
Feb 1988 OFF ROAD "VW Doppelkabine Syncro" Pages 23-27 >road test of a 2.1 i syncro 16'' Crew-Cab<
1985 OFF ROAD "Road Ranger DK Syncro" Pages 30-33 >Hard top, and camper cabins for Crew-Cabs<
Dec 1987 GUTE FAHRT "Bus Syncro mit 16 Zoll" Pages 37-38
1989 OFF ROAD "VW Typ II 16" Syncro" Pages 44-49 >road-test<
March 1990 OFF ROAD "Der Allrad Joker" Pages 60-64 >road-test of a 14'' Westfalia Camper<
Feb 1991 OFF ROAD "Wolfsburger Schauobjekt" Pages 58-65 >Off-rod test of a leightweigt syncro 16'' camper
April 1992 OFF ROAD "VW Caravelle Syncro 16"' Pages 34-39 >off-road test of a 16'' 1,6 turbodiesel Caravelle<
April 1994 OFF ROAD "Das Pfeifen der Murmaltiere" Pages 86-88 >travel report, syncro 16'' on backroads in the Alpes<
April 1994 OFF ROAD "Der dritte Weg" Pages 70-71 >Road test of a T4 (EuroVan syncro Abt TD 110 HP)
May 1995 OFF ROAD "Jenseits der bewohnten Welt" Pages 34-39 >travel report; Iceland highlands with a syncro 16'' TD Camper<
Feb 1996 OFF ROAD "syncro 16'' at Jaenschwalde off-raod area" >fall gathering of the syncro 16'' assoc. near Berlin<
Oct 1996 OFF ROAD "Mit dem VW syncro durch den Erg Ubari" Pages 20-24 >travel report; North african desert with a syncro camper<
Oct 1996 OFF ROAD "Der Berg ruft" Pages 50-51 >off-road test of a T4 (EuroVan) projektzwo VR6 syncro 15''
July 1997 4 WHEEL FUN"VW Bus T3 Syncro Mit TDI" Pages 6-7 >road-test of a syncro Crew-Cab with 1,9 l TDI conversion<
OFFROAD SERVICE "VW T3 Syncro 85-92" Pages ? "Wolf im Schafspelz" Pages 75-77

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