One of the unforgotten vehicles of VW’s past is the Microbus, the hippie-totin’ love bus of the 1950s through ’70s. Its successor, the still-rear-engined Vanagon, was sold here until the early ’90s.

Volkswagen has today confirmed the sixth-generation version of its Transporter van, via the sketch you see above. It may be pictured here with windows and extra rows of seats, but we'll be the first ...