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Subject:Re: bus?
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:49:08 +1300

>Buses, as in school buses are roundier, like Bay Buses are, Vanagons are
>boxy.

I see some pretty boxy buses around... all of the modern ones.

>Chassis and development wise....................vanagons are a whole fresh
>sheet of paper, where 'Buses' are a continuation of one concept from the
>beginning of  'VW Bus'.   Except for the rear engine location being the
>same, Vanagons are as different from VW Buses as Eurovans are different from
>Vanagons, or close to.

The "Eurovan" was only called that in North America... in Japan IT
was the Vanagon.

>Thirdly. Buses were named and called 'VW Bus'

That's not an official name, just a nickname.

>and vanagons are named and
>called vanagons.

Not in most places...
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Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
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