Some time ago one of the British VW magazines ran an advertisment for a company selling these as a replacement for the VW bus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazda_Bongo While I admire the bravery in trying to sell this to VW enthusiasts, I don't think they sold many and they have since stopped advertising. A colleague of mine was going to get one but his wife refused as she didn't like the name! I, of course, suggested that he get a VW but he still hasn't decided yet. Jerome Perkins
On 19/01/2011 08:17, Malcolm Stebbins wrote: > Many companies make these vans: Mercedes, Toyota, Nissan, Kia, etc., and many > come in 4WD. BUT, for the vanagon camper crowd, these are all front engine > and therefore don't have the Walk-through feature for the front seats. m > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Don Hanson<dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> > > I know it is not Friday but I saw a Nissan Hiace today, driving through town > and it went past my parked Vanagon. They could be Clones. Same size and > shape and this Nissan had a cool awning and it looked like a camping > interior. Right hand drive and diesel. Good looking modern beastie. > Didn't see the plates. It looked to me like a modern Vanagon, but > Japanese. I suppose the US forbids them being owned and registered here, > or we would all have them, I suppose. > > I am going to do some research about those thingys...I owned a Nissan one > time and it was so dependable I never even knew what kinda motor was in > it...Gas and drive...change the oil...and a couple of hundered thousand > miles later, it got smooshed without ever giving me one single problem. If > I could have a Vanagon-like Nissan...I certainly would be all over it. > > The Nissan Hiace drivers were checking out my Vanagon as they drove > past.....wonder what they were saying to each other? > > Don Hanson |
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