At 07:14 AM 1/9/2007, Jeff Stewart wrote...
>One guy sent me a
>very lengthy email detailing why he believed the Greenbriar was hands
>down
>way better than any VW bus. Never mind that Chevy only sold a mere
>fraction
>of the number of VW buses over the years, and the production run of
>the
>Greenbriar (and the Corvair itself) was not very long. I emailed him
>back
>and asked him why if it was so good, why don't they still make it?
>Never
>got a response. I will say this, though, Corvair fanatics are quite
>loyal
>and they have a very good nationwide club with an excellent bimonthly
>magazine.
...

Sounds like _exactly_ the same arguments Chrysler minivan proponents
use - VW never sold the quantities (in the US), VWs are no longer made,
etc. So it's your turn to answer what you obviously consider a fair and
reasonable question - if the Vanagon/bus/combi is so good, why doesn't
VW make them anymore? BTW, Chevy still makes vans, the current model is
called the Express; just as VW has the Multivan.

The Type 2 was introduced in 1950. The Greenbrier didn't appear until
1961, and the Chrysler minivan until 1983. Those simple facts are all
one needs to know who "invented" the van. The "mini" in Chrysler
minivan is only in relation to the fact that the US vans had grown by
that time. The Greenbrier, Dodge A100 (1964) and Ford Falcon van (1961)
all bloated into "full size" vans by 1983.

Any consideration of which is "best" is entirely subjective, and not
worth argument.