Hi Mark,

the next new bus it the 6th generation (T6) coming up in spring this year. I have good connections to the Volkswagen development here in Germany and I haven't heard about another Van or Bus project besides the normal Bus. So there will be no new microbus or something else at the moment. Sorry :-/
I put the cover of their 2014 Christmas card on this mail :)

Regards
Christoph
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Von: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] Im Auftrag von Mark Brush
Gesendet: Freitag, 9. Januar 2015 17:35
An: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Betreff: Asking VW about plans for a new microbus

Hey all -

My full-time job is crawling under my 1990 Westie trying to identify leaks.
My *other *job is reporting for a public radio station here in Michigan.

Every year I go to the Detroit Auto Show and try to come up with stories to write/produce for the station.

I'm considering asking VW about their plans for a microbus at this year's show and writing a little post about it online.

It seems like we've been hearing about a "new bus" every year for the last
15 years (I even recall a little Hot Wheel microbus being made).

Here's the last thing I read about their plans:

http://www.cartalk.com/blogs/jim-motavalli/five-reasons-vw-should-bring-back-bus

Does anyone on this list have a burning question about VW's plans that I should ask? Anyone have any insights into what VW is planning here?

My guess is that a quality microbus would be expensive to build, and it doesn't have the mass appeal they're looking for in the North American market.

Any questions you want answered or any thoughts you want to share would be much appreciated!

Best,

Mark

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