re: explain to me why VW trucks are not sold in the US when all the Japanese makers bring us theirs First of all, most, if not all, "Japanese" trucks sold in the USA are made in the USA. Question is better directed toward whether VW has production capacity somewhere in the west, e.g. Mexico. It may be relevant to note that Mexico truck production is based on the '70s Type II van, not the Vanagon and not the Eurovan. Also relevant is a check of current Eurovan prices in the USA. USA truck customers expect their "foreign" pickups to cost in the late teens, early twenties, not the thirties. Deletion of a couple of fuzzy seats and some glass doesn't make up this difference. Finally, in the USA, VW is in the "cute car" business (whoosh whoosh)--there is no known "cute truck" market--ask Subaru. |
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