But Westfalia is over here fishing for a van to convert. VW only built their
own camper because Westfalia was owned by a competitor in 2004 and their
relationship was not one where VW wanted to share the prototype T5 with
them.

Yes, it's possible VW will convert their own van but I would not discount
Westfalia.

Bryan

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Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 9:08 AM
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Subject: Re: Mention of the Possible New MicroBus

> Of course where does that leave Westfalia who wants to
> convert an American van to a camper? Hmmm, do they start with
> Routan then re-tool for the bigger and better Microbus, wait
> for the Microbus and forget the Routan,  hmmmm.

Westfalia is now a subsidiary of Daimler Benz, and their ties to Volkswagen
are nowhere near what they once were.  VW now designs and builds their own
T5 camper in Germany.  I would assume that if a U.S. made VW camper ever
became a reality, it would be outfitted either by VW themselves or a U.S.
company.

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  www.busdepot.com
  (215)  234-VWVW

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