T5 was never even imported.

Stephen

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> On Jun 15, 2015, at 8:16 AM, george jannini <georgejoann@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> 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?
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> On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 12:49 AM, Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> 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.
>>
>> Jim Thompson
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>>> On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 6:51 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
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>>> 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
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>>> --
>>> David McNeely
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