Date:         Thu, 4 Sep 2003 19:32:26 -0400
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From:         The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Just called VW- Camper discontinued in U.S., Canada
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> i recieved word about a month ago that there will NOT be a
> camper version of the new "microbus" as vw has severed its
> relationship with winnebago...
> I still suspect that there will be companies out there offering
> a conversion of the van.


Yes, and they have severed their relationship with Westfalia, too (now
owned by Daimler-Chrysler, hence the split). In lieu of using Westfalia,
VW plans to produce their own camper conversion on the new T5 chassis
for the European market, but no plans have been announced to sell it
here.  As I understand it, Westfalia (and others) will also offer
competing T5 camper conversions in Europe, as they do now with the T4
("Eurovan"), but they will not be "official VW" conversions. This is
quite common in Europe; there are many aftermarket companies there that
do Westy-like camper conversions to VW, Mercedes, Fiat, and other
European vans (much as Sportsmobile and GTRV do here to Ford vans).

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  www.busdepot.com
  (215)  234-VWVW

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