On Sun, 3 Mar 1996 20:06:37 -0600 Jim Digennaro said:
>>VW's thinking of putting a different engine in the Eurovan?  The Eurovan
>>is the new Vanagon.
>
>Not even close!

leave us not forget: the "Vanagon" body style is STILL being made in South
Africa ... with an inline 5-cylinder engine, no less. so how much trouble
would it be for them to produce a left-hand-drive version for the u.s.??
with a wabbit engine?? surely not as much trouble as it was for the mexican
plant to completely re-engineer the bread-loaf for a water-cooled engine.

>drives the big thing. Even in Europe. But with VW's base prices about 5K
>more than the others why would anyone buy a VW.  I can buy a caravan for

that would be the only problem i see with the SA Vanagon ... price. those
things are pretty high-priced down there already.

>.  VW's American organization is too
>>dumb to know how to sell it maybe...
>
>On this we both can agree.

yup. even too dumb to know WHO to sell it to.

joel