Got this little snippet from by = brother... Mr.. bug... seems to confirm what we are hearing.
>I was just at the dealer = Saturday sitting in a brand new NEW BEETLE.
Unfortunately I will have to wait until April = to get mine because the TDI
will not be available until then.  BTW the = car is really neat up close and
in person and quickly drew a crowd.  As = far as the Eurovan is concerned, I
also heard that it would reenter the US = market in early 98.  Dont have any
specs on an engine or anything but I = would bet that the VR6 or the maybe the
Audi V5 would be the only engines big = enough to push the thing around.  I
have heard the talk about the V6 TDI = that is already in the works.  Is
supposed to appear in the 99 or2000 Passat.  Rumor has it that it puts out
about 150 hp!!!!!!!  = >
 
BTW, he lives in the Dallas/Fort = Worth Texas area.