Date:         Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:46:58 -0700
Reply-To:     Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Malcolm Stebbins <mwstebbins@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Must sell my Vanagon - Comments appreciated
Comments: To: Pat Sloan <pmsloan@SHAW.CA>
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Actually there are MANY vans 'out there' that compare with the vanagon.
Hyundai, Toyota, Mercedes (and others) make a cab-forward design like the
vanagon, BUT they are all front engine, so there is no walk through feature and
for that reason they are not so popular with the camping crowd.


There are also NEW ( = modern) mini-van styles that are popular (again VW,
Hyundai, Toyota, Mercedes), BUT the 'dancefloor' is shorter & one needs to buy
the stretch version to get the same 'dance-floor' of the vanagon.  These are
very popular with the European camping crowd. For example:
http://www.bilbos.com/range/vw-celex/  Some are 4wd also.

AFAIK, These all exist internationally EXCEPT in the USA/CDA, as I understand
it, due mainly to int'l trade wars.   m




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From: Pat Sloan <pmsloan@SHAW.CA>

I so wish that some kind of
Vanagon equivalent was still being made so that I could own a newer one that
wouldn't take so much special care to maintain. There is just nothing else
out there compares to waking up in the bush while enclosed in your tiny,
perfect Vanagon.