>  > Does South Africa still make the vanagon?  If so, why don't folks import?
>>  Do they get their parts from South Africa?
>
>IIRC, they stopped making them only last year.

VWSA should be prosecuted for stopping production.

>They call them Caravelles
>there.

The Caravelle was the top-of-the-line, with rectangular headlights.
The Microbus was the more "basic" one, but still far from plain-jane,
with dual round headlights.

>Not to mention that the DOT has a slight objection to the steering wheel
>being on the wrong side.

If you look CAREFULLY you will see that it's actually on the RIGHT side.
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