> Wonder if that one year gap between vanagon and
> euro had something to do with the split in relations?

I think the split is a result of the engine moving from the back to
the front. Well, maybe not the engine placement SPECIFICALLY, but the
change in design philosophy. The '91 Vanagon was still the same basic
design from '80-- it was the last of the "traditional" Volkswagen
designs. The EuroVan was just another minivan. It just doesn't have
that same "thinking outside the box" look or feel that came with the
old rear engine VWs, so it doesn't attract the same class of nuts.