Date:         Thu, 22 Oct 1998 21:37:06 -0600
Reply-To:     Michael Harrnacker <harrnack@IN-TCH.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Michael Harrnacker <harrnack@IN-TCH.COM>
Subject:      Re: NY Times admits VW created the minivan!
Comments: To: Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>, vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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sorry for the confusion, I figured the subscription cost something and never
clicked to register.

Michael B. Harrnacker
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM <vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Wednesday, October 21, 1998 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: NY Times admits VW created the minivan!


>At 8:47 PM 10/22/98, Michael Harrnacker wrote:
>>I don't mean to picky, but the page below requires a username and password
>>(or I am doing something seriously wrong (which is alway possible)).
>>
>
>        The NYT requires a subscription, which is free...
>
>        Here's the extent of the text, though:
>
>        "Volkswagen actually developed the minivan in 1949, but the concept
>        acquired a practical form when it was brought to the Chrysler
>        Corporation by a marketing executive, Hal Sperlich, who had
defected
>        from Ford. The minivan wasn't so much a leader in styling as a
>        packaging innovation. The front-wheel-drive van had a low floor,
and
>        thereby a low roof, and unlike most vans at the time, it could fit
>        easily in most garages. Growing families loved the spacious cabin,
>        cup holders and four-cylinder engine, which was far less thirsty
than
>        the V8's of conventional large station wagons..."
>
>        Odd...I could have sworn that the Corvair Greenbrier was
"garagable",
>        too.
>
>
>
>
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