Simply put, VWOA doesn't seem to have the first clue, or care to market a
van.  How many T5s sold here vs Astroes?  Did you ever see an advertisement
for one?

G

On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 12:49 AM, Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com>
wrote:

> The tax is on Commercial Vans (Chicken Tax), not passenger vans.  That's
> why Ford imports the Transit from Turkey with seats and windows to get
> around that.  When they get here, Ford throws away the seats and glass and
> installs panels in the window openings on the side to make it a commercial
> van - still cheaper than paying the tax.
>
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> On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 6:51 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > Help me remember all the reasons that VW doesn't sell these in the U.S.
> I
> > know one claimed reason is that we have a tax on imported passenger vans.
> > Other makers build vehicles here.  Why not VW?
> > ---- Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> > >  First I've seen of this one.  Be nice if we got it but we all know the
> > chances of that.
> > >
> http://www.autoblog.com/2015/06/13/vw-california-t6-camper-van-official/
> > > Stephen
> >
> > --
> > David McNeely
> >
>