....he did some digging and discovered that in the
>States only the automatic transmission will be available on them. It's
>in Canada, where the '97's will have a 5-cyliner turbo diesel option, that
>a manual transmission will be sold.

Does anyone know if the vw's imported and sold in Canada are US (DOT)
approved. Could someone go up to Canada and buy a vw and bring it back, legally?
I'm curious.

Rob