Interesting read:

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/30/routan-bust-vw-asks-chrysler-to-stop-building-minivans-for-febr/

I am surprised sales are so low... having driven a Chrysler
mini-van for work and realizing it was a piece of due to bad suspension
and interior trim and then taking a Routan for a quick spin, Volkswagen
corrected those issues and made the vehicle actually quite nice for a
family with 2.4 children that need to get all their crap from home to
grandma's and back.� If I didn't need four wheel drive I would
seriously consider buying a Routan.

No the Routan isn't the
quality of a Volkswagen T5 Multivan - far from it!� But for under
30.000 it is a damn fine vehicle.� Volkswagen was smart with this can
'cause no body here would by an $80.000 T5 as people here want disposable
crap they can trade in after four years to drive.

David
Marshall
VW Adventure Driver and BMW Adventure Rider
 
http://www.hasenwerk.ca