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
84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
Full Timing From March 1999 To January 2012
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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
>