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Date:         Tue, 2 Dec 2008 17:45:32 -0800
Reply-To:     Zoltan <thewestyman@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Zoltan <thewestyman@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Making of a Vanagon - Now New T3
Comments: To: Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@YAHOO.COM>
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What do you guys think the price would be of a new one if VW would sell it at a dealership? Zoltan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Egeln" <regnsuzanne@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 5:32 PM Subject: Re: Making of a Vanagon - Now New T3

I've brought the idea to the list before, that is to create a website dedicated to convincing VW to re-open the T3 assembly line, albeit with updated electronics and power train.

Folks voiced their skepticism with objections that Andrew has debunked below, i.e. that the vehicle COULD be brought up to current USA & Canadian safety standards.

I would love to have a new T3 TDI Syncro.......I think that a lot of people would......

Anthony '89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)

--- On Tue, 12/2/08, Andrew Grebneff <goose1047@GMAIL.COM> wrote: From: Andrew Grebneff <goose1047@GMAIL.COM> Subject: Re: video: Making of a Vanagon To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 6:23 PM

>> You're not forgetting about air bags, and ABS brakes and such things , >> right

T3s were available with ABS. Airbags are easily added. Stability control likewise (but this is no guarantee of safety... "Wheels" in Australia recently tested a Toyota Kluger (=Highlander) and the stability control did NOT step in when it should have... and the vehicle rolled several times (and the Aussie market demands much better suspension than US).

>> since the only 'people sit right in front' vehicles sold in north America >> are trucks. ( I'm thinking those Isuzu cab-over diesel delivery trucks and >> similar cab-over trucks ) >> In all cars , mini-vans, and people haulers, the occupants are mid-mounted >> these days.

Well, the Japanese have continued with forward-control vans (and likewise the 2nd-generation Mitsubishi Delica made by Hyundai as the H100). These must be passing Euro NCAP offset-head-on crashtests, which the T3 would pass with flying colors.

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