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Date:         Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:23:12 -0400
Reply-To:     B Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
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From:         B Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
Subject:      Re: Mention of the Possible New MicroBus
Comments: To: The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
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But Westfalia is over here fishing for a van to convert. VW only built their own camper because Westfalia was owned by a competitor in 2004 and their relationship was not one where VW wanted to share the prototype T5 with them.

Yes, it's possible VW will convert their own van but I would not discount Westfalia.

Bryan

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of The Bus Depot Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 9:08 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Mention of the Possible New MicroBus

> Of course where does that leave Westfalia who wants to > convert an American van to a camper? Hmmm, do they start with > Routan then re-tool for the bigger and better Microbus, wait > for the Microbus and forget the Routan, hmmmm.

Westfalia is now a subsidiary of Daimler Benz, and their ties to Volkswagen are nowhere near what they once were. VW now designs and builds their own T5 camper in Germany. I would assume that if a U.S. made VW camper ever became a reality, it would be outfitted either by VW themselves or a U.S. company.

- Ron Salmon The Bus Depot, Inc. www.busdepot.com (215) 234-VWVW

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