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Date:         Wed, 5 Mar 1997 17:28:20 -0500 (EST)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Trace Choulat <tchoul@osprey.unf.edu>
Subject:      Re: VR6 Eurovans

I just called them again and got to other story about no decision yet.

Who knows!

Trace tchoula@junix.ju.edu tchoul@unf.edu

On Tue, 4 Mar 1997, Matthew L. Dekker wrote:

> Hello everyone, > > As I'm typing this I'm on the phone with VWoA and the rep is telling me = > the MV and the Weekender versions of the 1997 VR6 Eurovan HAVE JUST BEEN = > RELEASED! (Start calling your dealer, now.) The GL (or maybe GLS) is = > showing as not available and there's no release date yet. The rep wasn't = > sure of the price, but he quoted the $25k figure for the pre-Winnie = > conversion. > > Since VW ships Winnebago a nearly complete van less the rear seats and = > interior trim, and Winnebago can outfit it for 10 grand more, it would = > seem VW could throw in a couple of seats, some carpet, and trim and = > still keep the cost of the van well under $30,000. Might have something = > to do with the 25% import truck tax that importing an unfinished product = > sidesteps? > > It also seems kind of odd that VW would go to the trouble of having the = > K2 vans on their website and around the country if they weren't going to = > sell the "EVR6" over here.=20 > > I attended the Seattle RV show yesterday and saw both the '97 VW Eurovan = > camper and the '97 VR6 Winnebago Rialta. The EV was exactly as it was at = > the auto show last November. The Rialta, while not cheap at around = > $50,000 was on par with other conversion van campers. The big difference = > is that all the domestic van/campers give the front passenger no foot = > room because the engines protrude into the cabin so much. Imagine taking = > a cross country trip with your feet stuck in a kitchen bucket, that's = > how much foot room the domestics had. > > The Rialta is available in three floor plans, but the most interesting = > part of the brochure is on the bottom of the last page. There's a = > postage stamp size picture of an EV with a plain Winnebago box and some = > TV station's call letters on the side. The text around the picture is, = > "Winnebago Commercial Vehicles. We build commercial vehicles such as = > mobile command units for fire and police departments and mobile clinics = > for hospitals. A variety of models is available and sizes range from 22 = > to 37 feet. Each vehicle is custom designed." Some deep pockets could = > come up with a very interesting EV, indeed.=20 > > Back to work, > Matt Dekker > mdekker@eskimo.com > > Dekker Service Inc. Website > http://www.eskimo.com/~mdekker > > >


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