> Anyway, I don't know what they
> are thinking with this Sharan. Sure, it's a good van but it's going to rot
> on the lot just like the Routan if they don't include a diesel with them.

How can you call this a van? It's not kind of van at all. A van is any
commercial vehicle with an empty cargo-bau built-in (or added on, like
a 3-ton truck witha  box body); this can include a stationwagon
modified by the factory to carry freight instead of passengers, like
my 89 Corolla.

The Sharan, Estima, Sienna etc are not vans, they are designed and
built as passenger cars; if anything they are stationwagons.

The original Sharan, released in the 90s, had a horrific reputation...
unreliable as all get out.

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Regards
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
Fossil preparator
Mollusc, Toyota & VW van fanatic