We saw these all over the place this summer over in Europe. I don't think I
would put them in the class of 'minivan' (but i'm not in charge). In my
opinion, they don't look anything like a dodge caravan, chrysler town n
country, or honda whatever minivan(traditional minivan form factor). From
the side, it looks like a tall Ford Focus station wagon. Other than the fact
that it's a VW, they aren't that special. It is a bit ridiculous that they
say the diesel engine is too expensive. I don't get that. Most cars in
Europe are available in diesel (almost all are).

And I don't plan on trading in my vanagon or westy in on one!

On Dec 1, 2007 8:59 AM, Peter T. Owsianowski <pnoceanwesty@gmail.com> wrote:

> Greg:
>
> Yuck!
>
> We have a Chrysler Town & Country that is a family truckster, no more.  We
> refer to it as "The Pig".  It inspires no excitement, no desire to drive
> it
> any more than to get from one point to the other.  I can't imagine camping
> in it.
>
> On the other hand, I sometimes just go sit in the bus and have a beer to
> collect my thoughts or comtemplate life.  When you open that slider door,
> it's just an adventure waiting to happen in there.
>
>  I hope they don't do a camper conversion, it would be wrong.
>
> Pete
> '79 Westy "Aardvark"
> '87 Westy "Joe's Van"
> WWW. Busesbythebeach.com
>
>
> On 12/1/07, Greg Potts <greg@pottsfamily.ca> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Pete,
> >
> > Maybe they are thinking:
> >
> >
> > "Sure wish I had a van on the lot that I could sell to the new
> > parents who bought Jetta's and Golf's from me 2 years ago. I could
> > make a bundle on the trade-in."
> >
> > "With Barbie and Ken's relationship in tatters, I guess we should
> > bury that "new microbus" idea. Barbie has completely ruined it for
> > us. We are going to need something more conventional".
> >
> > "VW customers are demanding a van imported from a foreign country
> > with a high-value currency. Let's build it in Canada!!"
> >
> >
> > I can't wait to see if they do a camper conversion. Before long
> > people will be doing winni-fakias based on older chryslers, and the
> > world will spin off its axis....
> >
> > Happy Trails,
> >
> > Greg Potts
> > 1973/74/77/79 Westfakia "Bob The Tomato
> > www.pottsfamily.ca
> > www.busesofthecorn.com
> >
> >
> >
> > On 1-Dec-07, at 10:21 AM, Peter T. Owsianowski wrote:
> >
> > > http://www.caranddriver.com/autoshows/14375/2009-volkswagen-
> > > minivan.html
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
>

--
Chris
88 Vanagon GL (daily driver)
87 Westfalia (in progress)
http://wavanagon.googlepages.com/