It started in fact in december 2008 when MAN took over Volkswagen's Brazilian "Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus". But in 2011 VVW acquired more than 50% of MAN, and since 2013 this latter became a full part of VW's subsidiaries, along with Scania.

I took a picture of one of these MAN vans a few weeks ago. I also saw 2 "new" (unveiled in 2016...) Crafters. But I was on the bike at this time, so I have no picture.
The VW version is apparently also not present for now in the IMCDb.



(from Wikimedia Commons)