Date:         Thu, 20 Jun 2002 22:34:03 -0700
Reply-To:     Edward Nutter <eanutter@POSTOFFICE.PACBELL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Edward Nutter <eanutter@POSTOFFICE.PACBELL.NET>
Subject:      Re: [NVC] Re: New Microbus coming 2005.......I'll still keep my
              240 hp SVX Vanagon......but these will be tempting
Comments: To: "Chris S." <MrVolkswagen@HOTMAIL.COM>
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Too short for me.  Looks like a (very) snazzy update of the original
60's microbus.  Cute, but if I'm going to drive a box, it'll be a
Vanagon sized box.

Chris S. wrote:

>>        Somehow, the idea that VW is going to flood the market with 120K
>>        butt-ugly vehicles beginning in 2004 seems, to me, a bit more than
>>        over-the-top stupid. Aside from the cult mythology of the original
>>        microbus, WHY do they think there'll be a market for the
>>        faux-Microbus here?
>>
>
>Yeah, yeah.  People used to whine about the New Beetle as well.  I've seen
>the Microbus concept IN PERSON and I must say that pictures don't do it
>justice.
>
>Here's a link to the story by VW Vortex:
>
>http://www.vwvortex.com/news/index_microbus_0602.html
>
>Chris,
>
>'85 Westy.
>