Based upon your description of your friend's needs, the only option that I see (since you mentioned reliability....) is a EuroVan. Not to ruffle the feathers of my Vanagon bretheren, but if your friend is a non-mechanic, and wants reliability...then the problems with the heads/head gaskets on later Vanagons would rule a Vanagon out....IMHO. The next question is $$$$.....93 EVs (the only non-camper EVs in the US) are running in the mid-teens, and I would suspect that if, as VW is saying, the VR6 EVs are here in the Fall, they will probably be in the mid-20s.
Besides, you know me...did you expect any other recommendation???? ;-)
Ric
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