In a message dated 7/22/05 1:28:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
gruengeist@GMAIL.COM writes:

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> I have the exact same van as this (except mine has PW and was way
> cheaper) and I notice he calls it a Bluestar--is this correct
> nomenclature?  Is this a VW factory term or is has it been coined by
> the enthusiast community?  Are leather-wrapped wheels only available
> on these models?
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> http://seattle.craigslist.org/car/85745002.html
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> Clearly confused
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thats our very own listmember Robert Keezer's van.    yes the leather wrapped
wheels only came on the 89 wolfsburgs.  they also all had power windows
too..Robert changed his over from power to manual i believe.
the color is actually "star blue metallic" LD5T.
its a one year, 89 wolfsburg only color.

the '89 wolfsburgs came in the star blue, or alpine white, the alpine white
being the rarer of the colors of the '89 wolfsburg.
in Europe, the blue ones were called "Bluestars" and the white ones were
called "Whitestars"  yes this is the factory name for the '89 Wolfsburg in Europe.
  the european models also said "hannover edition" on the black medallions
rather than "wolfsburg edition" like the US models said, otherwise they are the
SAME vehicle.. same diagonally striped multicolored grey velour, same grey
carpeted sofabed kickpanel, same leather wrapped steering wheel, same subwoofer
in the side table panel, and same grey padded dash.   if you bought your blue
89 wolfsburg in europe, it would have said "bluestar" on the sales brochure.
its easier to just say "Bluestar" or "whitestar' and most vanagon enthusiasts
know what your talking about..  so if you want to call it a bluestar, then go
for it. . because other than being sold in america, its technically the same
thing. (purists may disagree, but who cares  :<)

chris <---- owns a '84 Wolfsburg/Carat/Microbus, whatever that is :<)