Date:         Mon, 6 Apr 1998 18:19:11 UT
Reply-To:     Thomas Niksch <cct_tom_niksch@CLASSIC.MSN.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Thomas Niksch <cct_tom_niksch@CLASSIC.MSN.COM>
Subject:      once again: syncro road test reports in international magazines
Comments: To: vanagon@vanagon.com

Hi \X/olks,

sorry, the subject was a bit misunderstandable. There is no road test arounf
the world now but lots of raod test reports in some mags ...

Phill Lander form Australia composed the following list of syncro road-tests,
travel reports from all over the world.  We are quite sure that the list is
not yet complete so everybody who knows missing details about the articles
mentioned below or ony written news about syncros not listed yet is kindly
requested to help completeing it.

Thanks

Tom Niksch
syncro 16'' assoc.

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USA

Feb 1986        CAR & DRIVER "VW Vanagon Camper Syncro" Pages ?

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AUSTRALIA

Jun 1982        4X4 AUSTRALIA*"4X4 VW Kombi" Pages ?

Sep 1985        4X4 AUSTRALIA*"Workhorses" Pages ?

Apr 1986        OVERLANDER * "Syncro" Pages ?

Jul 1988        OVERLANDER "The Dak Dak is Back" Pages 46-51

Jan 1989        OVERLANDER "Sensible Syncro" Pages 86-87

Jun 1989        OVERLANDER "Syncro Nicety" Pages 18-23

Jul 1989        OVERLANDER "Spacious Oddity" Pages 20-25

Aug 1989        OVERLANDER "Where Germans Fear Not" Pages 81 -85

Sep 1989        4X4 AUSTRALIA "VW Four Wheeler" Pages 32-39

Mar 1990        4X4 AUSTRALIA*"Trakka Campervan" Pages ?

Jul 1990        OVERLANDER "Versatile Veedub" Pages 28-29

Sep 1990        OVERLANDER "Wunderbar, Ja" Pages 18-20

                OVERLANDER "The Last Laugh" Pages 40-45

Jan 1991        OVERLANDER "4WD Of The Year" Pages 84-85

Jun 1991        OVERLANDER "Space Race" Pages 28-39

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GREAT BRITAIN

Mar -1985       AUTOCAR "Starting a Trend" Pages ?

Jun 1986        OFF ROAD & 4WD "VW Transporter Syncro" Pages 28-32

Jun 1986        OFF-ROADER & 4x4"Syncro" Pages 17-21

Aug 1986        AUTOCAR *"Mass Mover"Pages ?

Dec 1986        OFF ROADER & 4X4"The Volks Back Home" Pages 21-23

Apr 1987        OFF ROADER & 4X4"Take The Bus" Pages 38-45

Oct 1987        AUTOCAR *"Caravelle Syncro" Pages ?

Jan 1988        MOTOR *Out Of Bounds" Pages ?

Nov 1988        OFF ROADER & 4X4"Busmans Holiday" Pages 42-45

Mar 1989        OFF ROADER & 4X4"Teutonic Transporter" Pages 54-57

Sep 1991        OFF ROADER & 4X4"Syncro Nicety" Pages 44-47

Oct 1991        OFF ROADER & 4X4"Syncro Nicety" Pages 47-51

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GERMANY

July 1984       OFF ROAD "VW Bulli 4X4" Pages 60-61
                >Presentation of the new syncro Bus<

Mar 1985        OFF ROAD "VW Transporter Syncro" Pages 29-37
                >first informations about the 4x4 Bus not yet named syncro<

May 1985        AUTO MOTOR & SPORT"VW Caravelle Syncro" Pages 78-81
                >road test<

Feb 1988        OFF ROAD "VW Doppelkabine Syncro" Pages 23-27
                >road test of a 2.1 i syncro 16'' Crew-Cab<

1985            OFF ROAD "Road Ranger DK Syncro" Pages 30-33
                >Hard top, and camper cabins for Crew-Cabs<

Dec 1987        GUTE FAHRT "Bus Syncro mit 16 Zoll" Pages 37-38

1989            OFF ROAD "VW Typ II 16" Syncro" Pages 44-49
                >road-test<

March 1990      OFF ROAD "Der Allrad Joker" Pages 60-64
                >road-test of a 14'' Westfalia Camper<

Feb 1991        OFF ROAD "Wolfsburger Schauobjekt" Pages 58-65
                >Off-rod test of a leightweigt syncro 16'' camper (see
www.vanagon.com/syncros)

April 1992      OFF ROAD "VW Caravelle Syncro 16"' Pages 34-39
                >off-road test of a 16'' 1,6 turbodiesel Caravelle<

April 1994      OFF ROAD "Das Pfeifen der Murmaltiere" Pages 86-88
                >travel report, syncro 16'' on backroads in the Alpes<

April 1994      OFF ROAD "Der dritte Weg" Pages 70-71
                >Road test of a T4 (EuroVan syncro Abt TD 110 HP)

May 1995        OFF ROAD "Jenseits der bewohnten Welt" Pages 34-39
                >travel report; Iceland highlands with a syncro 16'' TD
Camper<

Feb 1996        OFF ROAD "syncro 16'' at Jaenschwalde off-raod area"
                >fall gathering of the syncro 16'' assoc. near Berlin<

Oct 1996        OFF ROAD "Mit dem VW syncro durch den Erg Ubari" Pages 20-24
                >travel report; North african desert with a syncro camper<

Oct 1996        OFF ROAD "Der Berg ruft" Pages 50-51
                >off-road test of a T4 (EuroVan) projektzwo VR6 syncro 15''

July 1997       4 WHEEL FUN"VW Bus T3 Syncro Mit TDI" Pages 6-7
                >road-test of a syncro Crew-Cab with 1,9 l TDI conversion<

Jun 1996        AUTO OFF
                (now. Gelaendewagen magazin see: www.outdoor-online.de)
                "VW T3 Syncro 85-92" Pages ?

?                       VAN "Wolf im Schafspelz" Pages 75-77
        >description of TDI swaps done by Bernd Jaeger<

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