Putting all the pieces together it seems that there is quite a possibility
that VW will build the microbus here. I do thing that VW will NEVER admit it
until they start production. That would only hurt Routan sales. Then again,
if the Routan is a success (doubtful but not impossible) the 2 vans really
aren't competition for one another so they could actually co-exist.

Bryan

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Peter T. Owsianowski
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 9:36 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: VW Should Bring Back The Microbus And Make It Electric

Great reading, Roland.  The Squob article was pretty remarkable and seemed
well informed.

 Maybe there is something to the buzz....

Pete
'79 Westy "Aardvark"
'87 Westy "Joe's Van"
WWW.Busesbythebeach.com
On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 3:07 PM, Roland <syncronicity1@gmail.com> wrote:

> A recent article from this weekend:
>
>
>
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/06/vw-should-bring-back-the-microbus-and-m
ake-it-electric/
>
> http://squob.com/campers/vw-microbus-resurrected/
>
> Lots of comments to read under the articles, mostly on techcrunch.
>
> My vote would be yes, in large part based on the styling of the concept
> vehicle.  We have a New-Beetle in the family, it is a fairly bad car, and
> IMHO was successful only because of styling.  Many people like to drive
> something that looks interesting.
>
> Roland
>

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