At 07:25 PM 12/7/2004, you wrote: >There was a huge "Product Recognition" >response to that prototype van they presented at some of the auto shows >a while back, the van the looked a lot like a 1953 model or so. If they >had carried through, but made it with more utility, I think sales would >have gone through the roof. Yeah, I think their response of "there's not enough world market" is a reflection of how the design was too "upscale". They turned what could have been a really cool small utility van into another silly, over-priced, DVD-playered, video-screened, nostalgia vehicle for rich boomers who want to relive the hippie youth they never had. Sure, a nostalgia angle would really kick start sales, but they need to put some of that good ol' Type 2 utility into it! John Bange '90 Vanagon "Geldsauger" |
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