Picture: Charl BoschIronically, and for the first time in South Africa, the Caravelle doesn’t carry the generational “T” suffix in its name as past generations did. As such, and while known as the T7 Multivan in Europe where it debuted five years ago, it simply becomes the Caravelle and not T7 Caravelle. Although updated in Europe last month, the South African-spec Caravelle carries over the pre-facelift T7’s exterior and interior. eHybrid denotes the plug-in hybrid powertrain, while 4Motion refers to the unique electric four-wheel drive system. Picture: Charl BoschThe result is a combined 180kW/350Nm, which represents an uptake of 16kW over the T6.1’s 2.0 BiTDI, but a torque deficit of 120Nm.