Back in the mid '80s, Toyota introduced their first van to the US.
Shortly after that, Nissan and Mitsubishi introduced theirs.  Based on
what I saw on the road, the Toyota was very popular, the Nissan a distant
second, and the Mitsubishi an even more distant third.  I would imagine
that getting parts for it in the US would be a major pain.

BTW, Nissan eventually tried to buy back all the vans (of this original
type) sold in the US because they were never able to fix a problem with
them catching fire.

Bill
> Speaking of other vans, I have seen a Mitsubishi van out and about that
> has the classic brick styling, is about the same size or bigger than a
> vanagon, but with bigger front windows.  Anyone know what that is?
> Seems like a good replacement for the vanagon, especially if it comes
> 4WD.
>
> And, it looks cool.  Most important.
>
> Bill Marshall
> 85 GL Tiico "Pandora's Box"
> Aurora, IL