

| Subject: | Re: T5 road test on Deutsche-Welle TV |
| From: | pdooley |
| Date: | Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:49:14 -0500 |
Plenty of vids on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOcqtBhQctc -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Grisanti Sent: Friday, November 27, 2009 8:59 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: T5 road test on Deutsche-Welle TV Ever since TV went digital our local PBS station has three channels, with 23/3 being the MHz Worldview channel featuring things like France 24 News, This is Beijing, My India, the Swedish detective series �Wallender,� in Swedish, etc.� While awake at 0400 this morning I found an English language show called �Drive It� on DW-TV, sort of like a German �Motorweek,� and one of the spotlight tests was of the new T5 Multivan that is not imported here. � For those who�ve only seen still pix of this van it was a treat, but basically a brochure in motion with the handsome and stately vehicle shown being driven around left curves, right curves, down tree-lined roads, etc..� All bland exterior shots and nothing very exciting.� Some of the highlights: Weekender-type interior with second row seats that face forward or rotate to face rearward across the fold-up table, twin-turbo TDI with a top speed of 192 KM/h, seven-speed dual-clutch manumatic, 7.9 liters/100 KM (is that about 30 MPG?), and costs from the basic 30,000 Euros to the as-tested 49,000.� Wowch!� I did get back to sleep secure in the knowledge that I would not be buying one soon, for many reasons. Stephen
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