Date:         Fri, 8 Oct 1999 01:07:44 +0200
Reply-To:     Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
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From:         Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
Subject:      Re: Back from Germany - No more Westfalia Campers
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The Bus Depot wrote:

> > Just convince VW to start building EVs at Puebla, and the price will drop
> > significantly.
>
> Word has it they're now building them in Brazil.

The T4 is being built in both Brazil and Argentina, but I think that only the
Transporter version is built i Arg., while both the Transporter and Eurovan is
built in Brazil. Check out
http://www.volkswagen.com.ar or
http://www.volkswagen.com.br for info.

>  No indication yet as to
> whether they will be imported from there to the U.S.  But if so, this might
> explain why Westfalia would not be doing any conversions for U.S. Eurovans
> anymore.  Shipping EV's from Brazil to Germany to the U.S. would be kind of
> silly.

Still, the NAFTA wouldn't be helpful, as both Argentina and Brazil is in South
America, not North America, right?

PerL
87 Syncro 112i