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Subject:Re: [NVC] Re: New Microbus coming 2005.......I'll still keep my 240 hp SVX Vanagon......but these will be tempting
From:Edward Nutter
Date:Thu, 20 Jun 2002 22:34:03 -0700

Too short for me.  Looks like a (very) snazzy update of the original
60's microbus.  Cute, but if I'm going to drive a box, it'll be a
Vanagon sized box.

Chris S. wrote:

>>        Somehow, the idea that VW is going to flood the market with 120K
>>        butt-ugly vehicles beginning in 2004 seems, to me, a bit more than
>>        over-the-top stupid. Aside from the cult mythology of the original
>>        microbus, WHY do they think there'll be a market for the
>>        faux-Microbus here?
>>
>
>Yeah, yeah.  People used to whine about the New Beetle as well.  I've seen
>the Microbus concept IN PERSON and I must say that pictures don't do it
>justice.
>
>Here's a link to the story by VW Vortex:
>
>http://www.vwvortex.com/news/index_microbus_0602.html
>
>Chris,
>
>'85 Westy.
>

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