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• VW Rialta
  Historical mailing list - Ted Friedman
  Fri, 28 May 1999 19:04:15 -0400
  Just purchased a 99 Rialta & would like to know more! Do you know where I could get some information on VW Rialta. I would...
• Re: Rialta Link
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Mon, 23 Apr 2001 22:30:06 -1000
  ...Rialta Link > Here is the link for thise interested in a Rialta. > > http://www.winnebagoind.com/rialta2002.htm > > > Jason M Yasment > '84 Westfalia > '98...
• Rialta Link
  Historical mailing list - Jason Yasment
  Sun, 22 Apr 2001 18:58:10 -0400
  Here is the link for thise interested in a Rialta. http://www.winnebagoind.com/rialta2002.htm Jason M Yasment '84 Westfalia '98 Jetta TDI...
• VW-Rialta Camper
  Historical mailing list - Alan Ruffalo
  Sat, 21 Apr 2001 09:20:14 -0700
  I went to look at the new VW Rialta camper by Winebago. I want one - they are spectacular. Prior to seeing this I was...
• Rialta page
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Thu, 06 Mar 1997 21:55:05 -0800
  Did everyone know that there was a Rialta page? http://www.winnebagoind.com/rialta.htm It's not much, but it's got a...
• Re: From a Westy, to a "Motorhome" ?? Seeking advice (LVC)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 08:32:33 -0400
  Tom, For a number of years I have owned both VW Westfalia Campers and Winnebago Rialtas (22'). I am a single parent, and while...
• Re: VW-Rialta Camper
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Tue, 24 Apr 2001 22:53:38 -0700
  ...If you liked Rialta so much you would love the endless choices in Europe in conversions and small motorhomes like Fiat, not much bigger...
• Re: Moving our aging bodies on from Vanagon (sniff!)
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 5 Aug 2019 02:12:54 -0700
  ...Rialta Katherine, the Rialta has a spotty reputation to say the least. Transmission problems. I have personally encountered two people directly and heard of...
• Re: Moving our aging bodies on from Vanagon (sniff!)
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 5 Aug 2019 10:19:31 -0700
  ...There has been two instances, one couple I know are on this list, where they sold their Westfalia and bought a Rialta. And in...
• Re: VW-Rialta Camper
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sat, 21 Apr 2001 17:12:52 -0700
  ...He says they give @ 16 mpg with the auto. -Dana- Alan Ruffalo wrote: > > I went to look at the new VW Rialta camper by...
• Re: VW-Rialta Camper
  Historical mailing list - pierre a. lachance
  Sun, 22 Apr 2001 20:24:18 -0400
  go to http://www.winnebagoind.com/rialta.htm pierre ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mick Kalber" <hotlava@interpac.net> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday...
• Re: 1981 Rialta-Welcome Me Back
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Wed, 4 Mar 2015 16:48:56 -0800
  Sounds like a Riviera, not a Rialta Sent from my iPad > On Mar 4, 2015, at 4:36 PM, adam butler <acbutler.dandy@ICLOUD...
• Re: VW-Rialta Camper
  Historical mailing list - Tiberius Gaius
  Tue, 24 Apr 2001 23:10:33 -0700
  ...VW-Rialta Camper > I just got back from short trip to Germany. If you liked Rialta so much you > would love the endless > choices...
• Re: 1981 Rialta-Welcome Me Back
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Mar 2015 22:46:27 -0500
  ...This is a rialta if I am not mistaken. I picked her up for three grand from a friend. A Rialta, has a full...
• Re: Karmann-mobil Web site is up
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 11 Apr 1997 10:56:19 -0400 (EDT)
  ...See the Rialta at: http://www.mobilityrv.com/rialta.htm Regards, Jim Davis 87 GL Syncro 88 GL Wolfsburg
• Rialta Owners
  Historical mailing list - Jason Yasment
  Sat, 6 Mar 1999 16:51:35 -0500
  I'm looking for some OWNERS opinions on their Rialtas if their are any out there. I'm NOT interest in anyone elses. OWNERS...
• FS Rialta
  Historical mailing list - Fran�oix
  Tue, 24 Apr 2001 13:09:44 -0400
  Talking to Rialta, I've just found this add at this site http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/ Fran�oix ____________________________________________________ Location: Klaus Pfister kp550...
• Re: Check this out!
  Historical mailing list - Sean B.
  Fri, 7 Sep 2001 17:47:26 -0700
  I still like the Rialta better. http://www.winnebagoind.com/rialta.htm Sean B. '90 V'gon, "Happy Bus", pseudo Wolfy Torrance, CA HTTP...
• 1981 Rialta-Welcome Me Back
  Historical mailing list - adam butler
  Wed, 4 Mar 2015 18:36:10 -0600
  ...This is a rialta if I am not mistaken. I picked her up for three grand from a friend. A Rialta, has a full...
• Re: 93 Eurovan Automatic Transmission?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 29 May 1999 09:49:34 -0400
  Actually, the Rialta uses a different final drive ratio. I don't remember the numbers but the Rialta spins the engine faster to compensate...
• Re: Eurovans, Winnebago
  Historical mailing list - Drew B. Farenwald
  Tue, 8 Apr 97 6:09:41 EDT
  > The Rialta is not the Eurovan Camper. The Rialta is the $45K to $55K > beastie sold by Winnebago dealers. Parcel delivery box looking thingie...
• Rolled: VW-Rialta Camper
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Mon, 23 Apr 2001 15:30:57 -0400
  ...VW-Rialta Camper > Date: Monday, April 23, 2001 3:17 PM > > I saw a Rialta in a wrecking yard in ElPaso that had been...
• Of all things...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Mar 1996 18:26:06 -0800
  ...Actually, although we were in an '88 Vanagon with no more than 20k on the heads, the Rialta passed us both before and after...
• Re: Rialta FS (Missouri)
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:34:59 -0500 (EST)
  ...The only Rialta I've ever actually seen on the roads (ie. not at a show) was in New Brunswick but had Missouri plates...
• Re: first sighting- winnebag
  Historical mailing list - Norman Leong
  2 Sep 1994 16:01:20 U
  ...winnebago rialta uh, Joel, are we going to have our first Winnie Rialta on this list after this weekend? ;-) (will Gerry allow it ?...) Norman...
• Re: Winnebago Rialta
  Historical mailing list - Marvin Westenburg
  Tue, 24 Feb 1998 16:56:15 -0600
  The Rialta is in West Salem, Wisconsin, about 15 miles east of LaCrosse. -----Original Message----- From: Ed Stevens <ejstevens@earthlink.net> To: Marvin Westenburg...
• Re: Winnebago Rialta
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 22 Feb 1998 23:20:43 -0500
  ...Winnebago Rialta Just in case any one is interested, I found a good page to view the Rialta info. Just like the information packet...
• Re: VW-Rialta Camper
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Sun, 22 Apr 2001 14:59:41 -0700
  ...He says they give @ 16 mpg with the auto. > -Dana- > > Alan Ruffalo wrote: > > > > I went to look at the new VW Rialta camper by...
• Re: Winnebago Rialta
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 16 Oct 1995 16:24:03 -0400 (EDT)
  I just want to address a comment that was made about the Rialta and the "demise" of the Westfalia.... The Rialta is a US...
• EV on TV!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 06 Mar 1997 14:08:39 GMT
  Good Morning America's "Road Trip" series was in Nashville TN this morning, showing off their 97 EV VR6 Rialta. The reporter was comparing...
• VW Rialta Winebago Review
  Historical mailing list
  12 May 97 07:29:15 PDT
  The May '97 issue of Trailer Life has a cover photo of the VW Rialta Winebago and a favorable review with some pictures. Check...
• Winnebago Rialta on Phone Card
  Historical mailing list - Zeidler HelmutNTC-Dusseld.
  Fri, 17 Oct 1997 15:59:31 +0100
  ...A German RV magazine offers a phone card usable for Germany and The Netherlands with the Winnebago Rialta as cover picture: http://www.reisemobil...
• Re: VW-Rialta Camper
  Historical mailing list - M.R. Nimmo
  Sun, 22 Apr 2001 18:55:10 -0700
  ...http://www.winnebagoind.com/rialta2002.htm __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
• Re: Upon seeing Bostig's handiwork
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:52:32 -0700
  ...WOuld it be advised I buy a Rialta so I could haul the drumset, play the drums in the Rialta, and take a shower...
• Rialtas galore!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 14 Dec 1996 00:41:19 -0500
  Greetings! I never even heard of the Rialta before but there are TWO listed in our local Wheel Deals. Both are 96's one...
• Re: Winnebago Rialta
  Historical mailing list - Marvin Westenburg
  Mon, 23 Feb 1998 21:01:26 -0600
  ...Winnebago Rialta Just in case any one is interested, I found a good page to view the Rialta info. Just like the information packet...
• 88 Double Cab Transporter Pickup and 95 Rialta at Auction
  Historical mailing list - Michael J Vickey
  Thu, 9 Sep 1999 20:52:06 -0400
  ...cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160992119 and my 95 VW/Winnebago Rialta 21' motorhome http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item...
• Re: Rialto ?? Rialta!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 17 May 1999 23:49:36 -0400
  ...However, the Rialta is awful close in price to a "real" Motorhome. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: A. Blake Sartin <bsartin@UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU...
• Re: VW Rialta
  Historical mailing list - Ken Korn
  Fri, 28 May 1999 21:57:13 -0500
  ...VW Rialta > >Just purchased a 99 Rialta & would like to know more! >Do you know where I could get some information on VW Rialta...
• Re: Sportsmobile
  Historical mailing list - Sean Birkner
  Fri, 24 Mar 2000 13:44:51 EST
  I may be biased here, but I'd say either get a Eurovan camper, or go to Winnebago and look for a Rialta. The...
• Re: 1995 VW/Winnebago Rialta and VW Van Models FS on eBay
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Tue, 2 Nov 1999 09:00:13 -0500
  ...Some of you know that I am/was (well that's another story) asales manager for a large RV dealership that sells the Rialta...
• Re: 1999 Rialta. Parts Only? $3500 (WESTFIELD NJ 07090)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 30 Jul 2013 20:28:04 -0700
  The Rialta was a true Class B motorhome on the Eurovan chassis--a really bad idea from the get-go. The drive train just...
• VW-Rialta Camper
  Historical mailing list - Bret Berger
  Mon, 23 Apr 2001 10:22:58 -0600
  It is my understanding that the Rialta uses a specially made tire available only through the Winnebago (?) dealer network. The beast weighs almost 8000...
• Re: VW-Rialta Camper
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Mon, 23 Apr 2001 23:34:21 -1000
  ...VW-Rialta Camper > It is my understanding that the Rialta uses a specially made tire available > only through the Winnebago (?) dealer network. The beast...
• Rialta FS (Missouri)
  Historical mailing list - Bob Hufford
  Thu, 14 Nov 1996 12:01:15 -0600 (CST)
  Saw this in the Springfield, MO News-Leader (they will be as rare as Bestelwagens in 20 years): ------ Winnebago 1995 Rialta, like new, 5...
• Rialta for sale. For the VW Camper fan that wants all the toys
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 9 Aug 1998 11:11:11 -0400
  Posted in Long Island Newsday, 95 Winnebago Rialta. Immaculate. 24K miles. Generator + every factory option. Security system and detachable trunk. $30K. 516-764-1417...
• Re: VW-Rialta Camper
  Historical mailing list - Jennifer
  Mon, 23 Apr 2001 10:17:58 -0500
  ...lachance rearranged electrons to say: >go to http://www.winnebagoind.com/rialta.htm I imagine they will be even better now that VW is...
• Re: Other vehicle
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 25 May 2004 23:50:59 -0400
  The Rialta is a much more functional RV and it is still a VW. http://www.winnebagoind.com/html/products/recVehicles/rialta.html Dennis...
• VW EuroVan chassis "Rialta"
  Historical mailing list - Carl Turner
  Tue, 9 Sep 1997 11:09:38 -0400
  ...These are called Rialtas. Anybody know anything about them, who makes them, how much they go for? Though small for a typical motor home...
• FS: '88 VW CrewCab; '90 VW CrewCab; '97 VW/Winn Rialta 22' Motorhome
  Historical mailing list - Michael J Vickey
  Tue, 15 Aug 2000 19:56:20 -0400
  ...1997 VW/Winnebago Rialta Motorhome with VR6 Engine (automatic) 17,900 miles $34,700/obo Thinning my Vanagon/Eurovan/Truck collection. All are registered...
• Re: Importing a Vehicle from Germany to the States. (was Detlev S ays Hi to List from Germany!)
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Sat, 28 Aug 1999 05:14:34 -0400
  ...Yes we do get them in on trade > >(mostly on > >the Rialta) but none in stock at present. > > If you happen to get any...
• Re: Vanagain for rent
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Sun, 19 May 2013 22:25:43 -0700
  ...I doubt if it will help you to rent his website.:-) Rialta's are Eurovan (aka T4) based RV's. Vanagon's (aka T3...
• Re: VW EuroVan chassis "Rialta"
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Tue, 9 Sep 1997 11:38:36 -0400
  ...VW EuroVan chassis "Rialta" > Date: Tuesday, September 09, 1997 11:09 AM > > I've seen a couple of real live motor homes based on...
• Re: 1981 Rialta-Welcome Me Back
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 4 Mar 2015 16:50:30 -0800
  ...This is a rialta if I am not mistaken. "It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was...
• 1995 VW/Winnebago Rialta and VW Van Models FS on eBay
  Historical mailing list - Michael J Vickey
  Mon, 1 Nov 1999 08:40:57 -0500
  My 95 Rialta is at auction this week on eBay. Reserve price is below $24000. The vehicle has only 24,000 miles on it...
• Re: 2003 EV in U.S.?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Tue, 6 Aug 2002 16:48:54 EDT
  In a message dated 8/6/02 7:24:53 AM, hseaver@CYBERSHAMANIX.COM writes: << And what about the EV based Rialta? >> The Rialta...
• Re: Other vehicle
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Thu, 1 Jul 2004 15:34:23 -0700
  I've heard there are reliability issues with the Rialta. Quality doesn't appear to be as good as with the Roadtrek. Other than...
• re: Winnebago Rialta
  Historical mailing list - william killian
  Mon, 16 Oct 1995 22:58:36 -0400 (EDT)
  We've been talking about a Rialta that would tow a Thing but the Thing WOULD be driven! Rialta to carry and satisfy the...
• Re: Rentals in Chicago or Ohio?
  Historical mailing list - Bob O Shaughnessy
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 15:01:44 -0500
  ...Tom Brouillette in Philadelphia may have a Carat for you to > rent- roamin@jersey.net... > > Shawn > > The Winnebago Rialta? I see them all the...
• Re: 1999 Rialta. Parts Only? $3500 (WESTFIELD NJ 07090)
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Wed, 31 Jul 2013 11:17:23 +0000
  ...Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message ----- > The Rialta was a true Class B motorhome on the Eurovan chassis--a > really bad > idea from the get-go...