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Date:         Fri, 30 Oct 2015 11:55:27 -0700
Reply-To:     Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Mercedes possibly nails the euro-van thing...
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Looks like the camper lists for about $50,000 before VAT in Europe. Hard to say what it would cost if imported, and even harder to say how much interest there would be at what will be a high price point--probably well north of $60k.

In 2003 the EVC sold for about $33k, $43k in 2015 dollars, but VW avoided import taxes by shipping a partially finished chassis and having Winnebago do the conversion. A Westy Mercedes would be a different matter.

There is also a BlueTEC diesel version, an actual clean diesel that passes US specs. It uses the urea injection/CAT method VW rejected in favor of . . . .

Sportsmobile or Roadtrek will likely offer the first conversions of this van in the US, and they would be pretty nice.

Stuart

> On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 10:45 AM, Chris S <szpejankowski@gmail.com> wrote: > > > ... before VW managed to come back with one to US. > > > > http://www.caranddriver.com/mercedes-benz/metris > > > > And it's "affordable". > > > > -- > >

-- David McNeely


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