The Volkswagen Type 2 (also known as Transporter or Bus) was the second automotive line introduced by German automaker Volkswagen. It was a van introduced in 1950, initially based on Volkswagen's first model, the Type 1, also known as the "Beetle". The Type 2 is the forerunner of modern cargo and passenger vans. The Type 2 spawned a number of imitators both in the United States and Europe including the Ford Econoline, Dodge A100, and the Chevrolet Corvan, the last even adopting the Type 2's rear-engine configuration. As of 2009, updated versions of this line are produced for international markets, both as a passenger and cargo van and as a pickup truck. It is also unofficially known as a "microbus", a "minibus"[1] or "hippie van," the latter due to its popularity with the 1960s/70s counterculture movement.

In the Disney Pixar movie Cars, the character Fillmore, voiced by the late George Carlin, is portrayed as an anti-establishment hippie-type, and is a psychedelically-painted VW Microbus. In 2009, Volkswagen itself used a microbus, with the same demeanor, in its advertising. The microbus from the television commercials is voiced by Thomas Haden Church.[citation needed]

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