Date:    Wed, 18 Dec 2002 08:48:21 -0500
From:    Jay L Snyder <Jay.L.Snyder@USA.DUPONT.COM>
Subject: Re: A modern Vanagon

>I remember looking at the new Eurovan a few years back (10 yrs. ago?) at
>the Philadelphia Car Show.  The rear suspension looked like Vanagon
>trailing arms, coil springs, etc.    Wouldn't be too hard to throw a rear
>engine set up in there.  I assumed they left it this way for cost reasons,
>or possibly AWD down the road.
>
>                                                            Jay

AWD (Syncro was available from day one... in Europe. Not in the states.

Then Mike axed; (like the way I'm combining similar responses in one message
to save bandwidth?)

To:    vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
cc:
Subject:    Re: A modern Vanagon

>For those of us who don't speak German . . .
>
>Was that an engine in the back in addition to or instead of the engine in
>the front?
>
>Michael

Instead of.

522 hp, 650 nm, 0-60 in 5 sec, 175 mph top speed. The only engine is in the
rear and it's a Porsche 993 turbo motor. If it was AWD or front engine/FWD,
you'd never be able to get the rear end to kick out like that around the
corners.

I guess the front could be a trunk, or maybe another fuel tank for those
long, high speed cruises. <g>

Az
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