In a message dated 96-01-04 21:59:31 EST, TFORHAN@hr.house.gov (Tom Forhan)
writes:

>On the road yesterday, I saw a very late Vanagon in Carat
>     trim. The interior layout was unusual; club seating.
>     Two rear facing seats backed up behind the driver and shotgun
>     seats. The usual three person bench in back. If I'm not
>     mistaken there was a table set up between the two rows of
>     rear seats. Seems great for a family with kids, they can all
>     color or whatever on the table in backlike our son does in
>     the Westie, but it still seats seven.
>
>     My neighbor likes the idea. Is this a standard configuration
>     on the Carat? If not, what is the configuration called? What do we
>     search the ads for?
>
>     Can you get a carat with a stick ;-)?

Tom,
This seating arrangement can be found in Vanagons from 1987 to 1991.
In 1987, 1988, & 1989 it was in the Vanagon GL Wolfsburg Limited Edition
vans.
It turned out to be popular enough to make it into a "regular" model.  
So, in 1989, 1990, & 1991 it was in the Vanagon Carat.
Yes, in 1989 it was both in the Carat and WLE versions.
Automatic transmission was optional in all of these models.

Jim Davis
87 Syncro
88 Wolfsburg