Date:         Sun, 8 Apr 2007 14:39:10 -0700
Reply-To:     Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Are they still making the bus/Vanagon anywhere these days?
Comments: To: Rob <becida@comcast.net>
In-Reply-To:  <vanagon%2007040816212378@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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Rob -

Your "Dear Volkswagen" email/letter will fall on very deaf ears in
Wolfsburg.  Even if each listmember from each VW-based list/newsgroup on the
'net was to petition them with this or a similar letter, that's just not
enough market for them to ever consider.  Besides, only a third of the group
of people I've just spoken of could even afford such a mandatorily updated
vehicle, which would be around the $50K range.  Keep on dreamin' ;-)
--
Jim Thompson
84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
oldvolkshome@gmail.com
http://www.oldvolkshome.com
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On 4/8/07, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Dear Volkswagen,
>         It has recently come to my attention that you are still
> making VW Vans in Brazil.
>         As strange as it may seem I believe there is still a market
> for the VW 'bus' in the US/Canada, both the standard passenger model
> & a camper model such as the Westfalia.
>         Just how difficult would it really be to make an export
> model in Brazil that meets the North American legalities? VW has to
> already be making enough off the shelf parts to outfit a van for the
> north American market and has a variety of engines that would work
> well. It's just a matter of putting the Brazilian plant and the off
> the shelf parts together.
>         I'd like to urge you to give this idea some thought.
>
>
>
> Rob
> becida@comcast.net
>
> With a '91 Subaru 2.2 in an '87 Vanagon in western Washington.