On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Chris Mills wrote: > I understand the European taxes based on HP and the high cost of fuel > ($4.75 a gallon when I lived in Italy) but why or why or why did VW think > these little teeny-tiny engines were enough to push around a whole van? I thought, at least in the UK, the tax was based on displacement, not horsepower? (Hence the cotinued popularity of the 1600cc engine in the 70s vans, when only the 1976cc was available in the U.S.) _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "The VW camper is a brilliant invention -- it's like a |___/ Swiss army knife for the road... It's the stealth RV." -- Wayne Curtis |
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