Keep in mind that to be smog legal (low NOx) in the US diesels will pretty much need urea injection, a pricey maintenance item.  It looks like VW is going to buy back a lot of US diesels because of this: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/29/business/international/volkswagen-says-a-diesel-fix-may-not-be-possible-for-some-cars.html 

Bottom line is "clean diesel" and "affordable" are mutually exclusive here.

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of JonVO
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2016 8:28 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Tonke-T6 camper van article link

Well, I'll take the TDI with a 6 speed and the Tonke conversion, even if it looks a little like a standard minivan.
cheers!

On 1/29/2016 5:59 AM, Roy Nicholl wrote:
> But it’s not nearly unique enough … not round and homely, nor boxy and ugly … looks like a Grand Caravan with a camper interior.
>
>> On 29-Jan-2016, at 08:01, Dean S <predsmaniac@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>
>> http://www.outsideonline.com/2049546/tonke-t6-camper-van