Date:         Sun, 20 Feb 2005 23:49:03 +1300
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: why no VW trucks/vans
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>but it ain't a bus. :( they used to make a bus about the size of a
>vanagon, called the MB-100. even looked like the vanagon. engine in
>front, between the front seats, though.

As far as I am aware the MB100/MB140 is still made. It's Korean, and
the only Mercedes parts in it may well be the drivetrain... I think
the body may be Ssangyong-designed.

It is FWD (yuk!) and has a live rear axle... shades of the Sprinter's
direct ancestor, which was made out of corrugated iron & has a beam
FRONT axle... Mercedes at the forefront of technology, as usual!
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut

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