Hi Pete, I don't know about production numbers, but the sales figures were probably deeply affected by the price impact of the exchange rate. The exchage rate between the Deutchmark and Dollar changed a lot in the late 70s/early 80's. In 1968 the rate was 4:1, but by 1980 it had changed to 1.7:1, increasing the cost of the vehicle on our side of the pond by more than double, and it stayed there throughout the Vanagon years that ended at 1.5:1 in 1992. Exchange rate tables from here: http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/marcuse/projects/currency.htm#tables You're also assuming that the vanagon community spends as much time on TS as the Baywindow owners do, and I doubt that's true. Factor the sales listings by forum post volume and I bet the statistics are a lot more even, or possibly slanted back towards the vanagon.
Happy Trails, Greg Potts Toronto, Ontario Canada 1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato" 1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop www.busesofthecorn.com www.pottsfamily.ca
Peter T. Owsianowski wrote: > Watching the Rose Bowl and cruising the Samba. (Favorite site while > surfing!) > > Noticed there are 594 Bay Window buses for sale v.s. 392 Vanagons. > > So, Bay Windows were produced from 1967 to 1979 (12 years production) and > Vanagons from 1979 to 1992 (13 years production) > > If the production years were about the same, were there that many more > Baywindows produced than Vanagons, or are Volks just holding onto Vanagons > more? > |
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