On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, Pedro dos Santos wrote: > I do appreciate the new microbus, but looking at it, I personally > think that the new microbus looks more like a Toyota Previa than the > classic vw split bus from the sixties. VW should work a little bit > more on it's nostagia... I think the problem is the front end design. What made the old Microbus look distinctive was the big round headlights and the swoopy chrome accents. If they'd incorporated those features into the new design it would have worked, but they did something completely different instead.
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