If only.. 

I emailed VWoA and inquired and got back a
very short succinct email that said.

  "Unfortunately, there are no plans to offer a van 
    for the US market at this time"

Guess I'll have to make do with my 90 syncro westy
and my 02 EV Weekender for the time being. ;-)

Would have gladly bought something with a 5cyl diesel
and 4 motion at the time I started looking (a few years
ago) but the EV's ground clearance truly sucks.  

VWoA is missing out on an untapped market segment.. 
witness the popularity of the Honda Element, the xTerra
etc:

I get comments all the time from folks wanting to know 
where to get a vehicle like that (either the Syncro or the EV)  
At this point though the family has 'fallen in love' with 
the syncro westy and it will be with us for a while... 

The EV is a nice daily driver and kid hauler (not your
average mini-van) that is different than what everyone
else is driving on the road these days, very cool, 
euro look to it, (for a van) but still not as much character
as the vanagon.

 -tim