I heard this story from Dan Anderson of VWOA. Apparently it all started with Germany placing a high tariff on US chicken, and the US responding my placing a high tariff on German trucks. Buses were not considered trucks, but crew/single cabs were. Trucks became too expensive to import from Germany, but continued to be sold in Canada. Eventually VW lost all market share of the US truck market and eventually gave up and no longer imported trucks even after the tariffs were abolished. Steve '74 Campmobile New German Side Tents at http://members.aol.com/tentinfo
In a message dated 5/14/98 2:38:23 PM, bennett_charles@JPMORGAN.COM wrote: <<Anyone have any idea why the Crew Cabs are not imported into the US. I think the last year that they were imported was '71. I've heard about the "Chicken Tax" but don't fully understand it. Can anyone help with the full and complete story as to what happened to ban this vehicle from these shores?>> |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.