>In a message dated 3/12/04 12:57:29 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ writes:
>
>>"Vanagon" is a synthetic and (ugly) junk word, and basically
>>meaningless... fortunately it was only used in North America for the
>>T3 (why couldn't they have just called it Type 2 or Transporter??)
>>and for the T4 in Japan.
>>
>
>
>the T4 was called a "Vanagon" in Japan??     thats news to me..
>
>chris

Sure was. I had to remember this when looking over Japanese used-car
websites. The T3 was never sold there, but quite a few Vanagons were
advertised...

Another reason for not calling ANY VW Type 2 "Vanagon".