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Subject:Re: E-code lights/SA grille
From:Mark Dorm
Date:Sun, 27 Aug 2000 23:41:50 PDT

If you look at <http://www.vw.co.za/> you'll find that in SA they have two
different appellations for the bus: Microbus and Caravelle.

The differences are as follows:

with the Caravelle the following come standard:

side step
6 disc CD shuttle
6 speaker radio/tape (removable face plate)(Grundig)
padded leather steering wheel
electrically-operated front windows
rectangular headlights

These don't come standard on the Microbus. The 6 disc CD shuttle and the 6
speaker radio/tape are optional on the Microbus, while the side step, padded
leather steering wheel, electrically-operated front windows are not
available, and the Microbus uses round headlights.

The Caravelle Exclusiv is just under 20,000 more Rand than the Microbus
Exclusiv.

So personally, if I had a square headlight grill (which I do) I wouldn't
switch them to the round SA headlight grill --- I would only consider the
round SA grill if I had round headlights. You can get a peak of this grill
at the web site. <http://www.vw.co.za/>

Does anyone know what they mean by side step??? There just aren't enough
photos on that site.

>From: Benjamin Tan <BenTbtstr8@aol.com>
>
>In a message dated 8/27/00 7:42:27 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>inua@hiwaay.net
>writes:
>
><< Can someone tell me the difference between the round light grill fround
>on
>the
>  earlier US Vanagons versus the SA Grille? >>
>
>SA grill is a newer design so looks more contemporary. Also has a provision
>for installing round driving lights like the kind you see in the A1 & A2
>GTI's.
>
>BenT

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