VW California | The story behind Volkswagen's legendary camper brand

The #vwcalifornia has been top of the campervan charts for over thirty years. This video celebrates its history - from its debut on Westfalia converted T3s or Vanagons in the late 1980s to its recent blossoming into a whole family of quality campers which includes the #vwcaliforniaocean and the motorhome-sized #vwgrandcalifornia. There's even more detail on the Californias and all the other great VW campers in the book of the channel - "VW Campers for Beginners" (see link below) This video incluides archive film and photos courtesty of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles to illustrate the California story. We discover Westfalia's many special editions of the T4 California and follow how Volkswagen introduced new levels of sophistication when it built its own California's for the first time on the T5 Transporter. And while the T6 California brings us up to date with the Transporter-based Calis, there's sneak preview of the new baby in the family - the Caddy California. BUY CAMPERVAN BOOKS BY THE AUTHOR ON AMAZON: VW CAMPERS FOR BEGINNERS - The Complete Guide to Owning Your First Volkswagen Campervan: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Campers-Begi... EUROPE BY CAMPERVAN - A practical guide to turning vanlife dreams into road trip reality: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Europe-Campe... ... and great travel guides/road trip diaries - based on Chris's life-changing, year-long, 22,000 mile campervan adventure through twenty countries... SCANDINAVIA BY CAMPERVAN - The Essential Road Trip Guide to Sweden, Norway and Denmark https://www.amazon.co.uk/Scandinavia-... THE MEDITERRANEAN BY CAMPERVAN - The Essential Road Trip Guide through France, Spain and Italy: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mediterranea... ALBANIA AND THE BALKANS BY CAMPERVAN: The Essential Road Trip Guide to (mostly) Albania - plus Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia and North Macedonia: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Albania-Balk... CADDY CALIFORNIA VIDEO:    • VW Caddy California camper | Latest compac...   CHAPTERS 0:00 - Introduction 0:48 - 1st VW Campers 1:43 - Camping Boxes (1951-58) 2:40 - Westafalia Camper Conversions 3:24 - The First California (VW T3) 5:15 - T4 Californias 7:09 - T4 (facelift) Californias 8:22 - 1st VW in-house California (T5) 9:04 - T5 California Interiors 9:57 - Table and chairs stowage 10:33 - VW T6 Californias 11:53 - Caddy campers and Californias 13:48 - California XXL Concept 14:36 - Grand Californias 14:56 - Grand California 600 15:59 - Grand California 680