In a message dated 9/7/07 10:20:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
njrunge@COMCAST.NET writes:

> I'm a VW camper owner of several units over 40 years, but a newbie to lists
> like this.  I'm not up on the jargon being used here and have never heard
> the term "carat" before.  Please enlighten me.
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the Carat was volkswagen's "cadillac" of vanagons.
it was seven passenger hardtop vanagon that was loaded w/ all options (pwr
mirrors, pwr doorlocks, pwr windows, cruise, a/c, ps) and had a pair of rear
facing removable jumpseats instead of the bench middle seat, and a weekender rear
sofabed.  they also had fiberglass bumpers and sideskirts, and had factory
lowering springs.
They were called "wolfsburg editions" in '87 and '88 (and a few '89's)  the
"carat" name replaced the wolfsburg name in '89 thru '91.

chris

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