Date:         Thu, 25 Nov 1999 07:58:04 -0500
Reply-To:     Michael Heron <HeronM@IMAIL.MBS.GOV.ON.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Michael Heron <HeronM@IMAIL.MBS.GOV.ON.CA>
Subject:      Re: DaimlerChrysler Bought Westfalia Stake?
Comments: To: stuart@COBALTGROUP.COM
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I thought the whole reason that VW is no longer going with westy conversions in NA is that westy coversions (with the deutsche mark factored in) were just too pricy to compete with the domestically outfitted conversions such as winnie etc.

FWIW westy has converted benz trucks in the past.



>>> Stuart <stuart@COBALTGROUP.COM> 11/24/99 06:42pm >>>
S**t!!  Chrysler historically makes the lowest quality cars on the
planet, other than Yugo.  I'll never forget when Motor Trend had to
retract it's Car of the Year award a while back for one of their new
"cab forward" cars (I forget which one) because of quality problems.
What a mismatch, but then again so was Winnebego for VW for the
converse.

Too bad, their minivans are too small, and their full size vans too
big.  Maybe a midsize van in the future?

Stuart