The best posting/writeup I've read onthe differences between the two is herre: http://www.gowesty.com/library_article.php?id=98 I've owned both.. which one did I keep? Well that's easy, the Syncro westy! The EVMVWK was very cool for point to point road trips with the kids, but we always took the Syncro Westy for most jaunts, esp when we needed the benefits of the 4wd (winter skiing and or road trips, summer off roading in the mtns) The EV was more used in lieu of a Motel on road trips and thats about it. For the size of the vehicle, it really should be able to carry 8 passengers (not just 7) that was the deal killer for us, often we'd want to go along with another family, and just take one vehicle. Not enough seatbelts for the kiddoes.. VW should have came up with a rear facing 'jump seat' that had some sort of fold away pass through (for the EVMVWK package) I know,.. the regular EV could carry more, but then you dont have the poptop. It's definitely more 'lux' than a Vanagon though, (road noise, A/C, highway crusing speeds etc:) Has anyone really measured the effective dB reduction they've achieved by doing a full out soundproofing jihad on their vanagon? This is the one area I'd like to work on with mine. -tim 90 syncro westy gilbert, az www.timschneider.org |
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