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<blockquote>&gt;As much as I'd love to see the T3 come back, I'm
fairly<br>
&gt;certain the &quot;cab-over-front-wheels&quot; design is forever
gone for<br>
&gt;non-commercial vehicles.<br>
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Tell that to Toyota and Nissan. Fortunately they haven't heard
you.<br>
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FWIW, my comments were essentially limited to the US market. Safety
paranoia here is rather absurd.</blockquote>
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<div>Don't worry, Naderism has spread to the rest of the world.</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Toyota quit importing their van in 89,
and we all know when the T3 ended. You folks in &quot;foreign parts&quot;
have it good. You can still wander in to a Toyota dealership and get a
Hiace. Here nothing gets sold without a meter of crumple zone and a
dozen airbags, so Joe Jackass won't die when he swerves into oncoming
traffic and head-on's a tractor-trailer rig trying to, shave, drink
coffee, and answer his cellphone on the way to work. </blockquote>
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<div>We get those types here also... though there are moves afoot to
make driving with a cellphone, even a hands-off, illegal. Wonder about
taxis, police, deliveries, ambulances... with handheld radio
mikes?</div>
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