At 07:25 PM 12/7/2004, you wrote:
>There was a huge  "Product Recognition"
>response to that prototype van they presented at some of the auto shows
>a while back, the van the looked a lot like a 1953 model or so. If they
>had carried through, but made it with more utility, I think sales would
>have gone through the roof.

Yeah, I think their response of "there's not enough world market" is a
reflection of how the design was too "upscale". They turned what could have
been a really cool small utility van into another silly, over-priced,
DVD-playered, video-screened,  nostalgia vehicle for rich boomers who want
to relive the hippie youth they never had. Sure, a nostalgia angle would
really kick start sales, but they need to put some of that good ol' Type 2
utility into it!

John Bange
'90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"