Most minivans are based on a stretched (if at all) car chassis. Their weight
capacity barely exceeds their passenger load.  (check close because back a
couple years ago one of them had its extra seat option pulled because of
that)  the vanagon is based on a commercial van base.  To create a camper
from a van you need to start with a commercial van base.

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On 3/10/05 9:20, "jbange" <hfinn@INGRATES.NET> wrote:

> At 07:27 AM 3/10/2005, you wrote:
>> The American Plymouth Voyager and
>> Dodge Caravan were also introduced in 1983, as 1984
>> models."
>> 
>> The article seems to ignore the existence of VW
>> Vanagons on American streets as early as 1980(!), and
>> if the earlier Busses/Transporters weren't "mini
>> vans", I don't know what is.
> 
> I think they don't count the Vanagon as a "mini-van" because it's too
> capable!  Apparently to them a mini-van is a small economy car fitted with
> a vertically stretched body and the front seats are crammed up front with
> the engine between them. A mini-van should look like a van, but not be able
> to carry as much as a real station wagon, much less a real full size van.
> So what they're really saying is that they created the first IMPRACTICALLY
> SMALL van.
> 
>