I am so 'pre-bored' with that 'me too' Mini-van copy ............
a pure 'so what' car to me.
Make a sporty not-quite truck Van, with good ground clearance............and
a bit of funk, like some of the boxy cars like Scion, or say the Honda
Element...........and I'm there.

but another Honda Odessa, and made in Tennessee ?
Unless the price and content are really attractive ...........like
outstandingly so.........why would anyone want one ?
it's just another soccer mom family van.  So what.
VW 'could' be smart enough to offer nice attractive spunky/funky products.
Scion does, Honda Does..........
btw, in the recent collapse of Truck and Suv sales.........Honda stands out
as making primarily fuel efficient cars and specializing in those.
Sure there is the Ridge something ..........that big thing , don't think
they sold many of those............but Honda is looking real good right now
with the product line they have stayed with.    I think the Element is
pretty neat too.........a strong sense of utility and 'up right-ness'
..............
something the Vanagon has in spades.
VW does well world-wide, but I think their US sales are pretty low.
You sure don't see many Touregs........and they must've invested a bundle
developing that.   I haven't seen one of those in months.
I don't even know if they offer one this year.
anyway...........VW................another low min-van...........yawn.
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter T. Owsianowski" <pnoceanwesty@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 5:29 PM
Subject: The problem with the 2009 Volkswagen Routan isn't so much what it
is as what it's not

> *Interesting commments on how a MicroBus might possibly (maybe) be built
> in
> Chatanooga, TN:*
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> *http://tinyurl.com/68cfxl*
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> --
> Pete
> '79 Westy "Aardvark"
> '87 Westy "Joe's Van"
> WWW.Busesbythebeach.com