Yes (to all of 'em).  You may have forgotten "volksybus" as well.  I think
the difference used to be self-evident, when I was a kid growing up in the
back of my Dad's T2 we only had to say "It's a Volkswagen ..." for anyone to
understand what we were talking about.

MT

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Roland
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 10:13 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Friday: Is it a Van or what?

What is the generic label?   I've heard our vehicles called......

Van
Bus
Camper
Truck
Rig
Kombi
Bulli
The original SUV
Others?

Every sedan I see is clearly a sedan
Every pickup truck I see is clearly a pickup truck.
Every SUV I see is clearly an SUV (well... many are really station wagons,
but the marketing guys won't admit it).
Every 2 seater sports car I see is clearly a sports car (well... some are
actually GT cars, just don't want to admit it).

So what are we?  The ultimate utility vehicle, can do anything, adapts to
any mission, a chameleon.  Are we in a class by ourselves?  What is our
category and label?

Roland