The Transit (RWD, Sprinter class) is built in Ford Kansas City plant, Missouri. It is not imported to the US unless it is the small "Transit Custom" FWD version. Raimund Am 15.06.2015 um 06:49 schrieb Old Volks Home: > The tax is on Commercial Vans (Chicken Tax), not passenger vans. That's > why Ford imports the Transit from Turkey with seats and windows to get > around that. When they get here, Ford throws away the seats and glass and > installs panels in the window openings on the side to make it a commercial > van - still cheaper than paying the tax. > > Jim Thompson > 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria" > 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt" > Full Timing From March 1999 To January 2012 > oldvolkshome@gmail.com > http://www.oldvolkshome.com > Find me on Facebook: > http://www.facebook.com/people/Jim-Thompson/100000710343835 > *********************************** > > On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 6:51 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote: > >> Help me remember all the reasons that VW doesn't sell these in the U.S. I >> know one claimed reason is that we have a tax on imported passenger vans. >> Other makers build vehicles here. Why not VW? >> ---- Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM> wrote: >>> First I've seen of this one. Be nice if we got it but we all know the >> chances of that. >>> http://www.autoblog.com/2015/06/13/vw-california-t6-camper-van-official/ >>> Stephen >> -- >> David McNeely >> |
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