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Date:         Fri, 9 Jan 2015 12:23:06 -0500
Reply-To:     Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Asking VW about plans for a new microbus
Comments: To: Mark Brush <mbrush@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <CAJ92nOePOqmC6Aa0D9i6rhLn97TDTKXxwKkG5oZ0u=7VgD9gAQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Mark,

I believe there was a convo on here not too long ago wherein somebody was talking to somebody else who was an engineer at VW . . . Maybe somebody else's memory is better than mine. In the meantime, here's some fodder: http://welovevolkswagenpastpresentandfuture.blogspot.com/2014/04/hippy-favourite-is-reborn.html

On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 11:34 AM, Mark Brush <mbrush@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey all - > > My full-time job is crawling under my 1990 Westie trying to identify leaks. > My *other *job is reporting for a public radio station here in Michigan. > > Every year I go to the Detroit Auto Show and try to come up with stories to > write/produce for the station. > > I'm considering asking VW about their plans for a microbus at this year's > show and writing a little post about it online. > > It seems like we've been hearing about a "new bus" every year for the last > 15 years (I even recall a little Hot Wheel microbus being made). > > Here's the last thing I read about their plans: > > http://www.cartalk.com/blogs/jim-motavalli/five-reasons-vw-should-bring-back-bus > > Does anyone on this list have a burning question about VW's plans that I > should ask? Anyone have any insights into what VW is planning here? > > My guess is that a quality microbus would be expensive to build, and it > doesn't have the mass appeal they're looking for in the North American > market. > > Any questions you want answered or any thoughts you want to share would be > much appreciated! > > Best, > > Mark > > > > Mark Brush, Digital Editor > Michigan Radio <http://michiganradio.org/> > w (734) 647-3472 > > <mark@michiganradio.org> <https://twitter.com/markbrush> > <https://www.facebook.com/mark.brush.10> > <https://soundcloud.com/mark-brush> <http://instagram.com/markthomasbrush>


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