As long as they do NOT use a 2 valve pushrod engine with headbolts going
through the water jacket.  Better they subcontract the engine to Subaru.

Robert Steven Fish wrote:

>I still cannot believe they discontinued it.
>
>I had a brilliant idea a few months ago... which is just too perfect.
>
>As you may not know... VW has purchased not only SEAT (of Spain) but also
>SKODA (of Czech Republic) within the past few years.
>
>They have developed the SKODA product line here, in Europe, rather
>brilliantly.  Thenew SKODAs are basically VWs with a lower price tag... and
>they have offered a SKODA kombi (station wagon) with AWD and a souped up
>suspension...  looks just like the AUDI off-road thing... it is a beast, and
>affordable!
>
>Anyway... my idea was that VW re-release a limited edition of Vanagon-style
>busses, now, in the SKODA product line.  This new SKODAgon would look
>exactly the same as the 86-91 Vanagons, and maybe be a standard AWD
>creature, with full pop-top and camping outfitting... automatic everything!
>
>The death-blow to the Eurovan is was that they cost about the same as a
>Ferrari... but this SKODA version, would be able to benefit from the Czech
>(or hell... even Mexican)  labor wages, and offer the vehicle at a
>substantial savings.
>
>VW already re-released the Vanagon once here in Europe, with the Blue-Star,
>White-Star, and Red-Star, Limited Edition Vanagons...... it was a major
>success (but too small... only 2000 of them were produced).  I vote that
>they do it again!
>
>RSF
>
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>Robert S. Fish
>Salzburg, Austria
>1987 Wolfsburg Vanagon 2.1 GL Weekender
>1987 Golf Cabriolet
>1991 Golf
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