>VW
>hasn't sold the Transporter in the USA since 1973 or close to that since the
>25% "chicken" tax started.

Er... despite the idiotic naming used by VW in the US, the T3
"Vanagon" IS a Transporter. As are the Split & Bay... and the Bay was
sold in the US until 1979, wasn't it? All Type 2s are Transporters;
Caravelle, Vanagon etc are optionlevel -designations.
T1= Split
T2=Bay
T4="Vanagon"
T4="Eurovan"
T5=?"Eurovan II"
The "T" stands for Transporter, not Type. This last gets the English
confused too...

The Transporter (Type 2) is VW's light-truck line. The LT is not a
Transporter, but VW's "big" truck line (MAN notwithstanding).

>  The only reason why the Dodge Sprinter is sold
>in the USA is that it is made in the USA

Of course Mercedes OWNS Chrysler, so can sell the Sprinter under any
Chrysler badge it likes.