On Sun, 3 Mar 1996 20:06:37 -0600 Jim Digennaro said: >>VW's thinking of putting a different engine in the Eurovan? The Eurovan >>is the new Vanagon. > >Not even close! leave us not forget: the "Vanagon" body style is STILL being made in South Africa ... with an inline 5-cylinder engine, no less. so how much trouble would it be for them to produce a left-hand-drive version for the u.s.?? with a wabbit engine?? surely not as much trouble as it was for the mexican plant to completely re-engineer the bread-loaf for a water-cooled engine. >drives the big thing. Even in Europe. But with VW's base prices about 5K >more than the others why would anyone buy a VW. I can buy a caravan for that would be the only problem i see with the SA Vanagon ... price. those things are pretty high-priced down there already. >. VW's American organization is too >>dumb to know how to sell it maybe... > >On this we both can agree. yup. even too dumb to know WHO to sell it to. joel
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