RE: "if you want to argue that point, you can also argue why didn't vw put 3
 point shoulderharnesses in ALL vanagons, when clearly they were ALL made
 to accept the 3 pt shoulderharnesses..    thats one thing i never understood.."

Because they did not have to for the US market. Rear seat shoulder belts were not required in the US prior to 1990(plus or minus a year). I remember reading back then that the attachment points for the belts had been federally mandated since 1972, but they waited 18 years to add the belts.

Mark in AK