>  Hi EV Scouts:
> 
> I visited the VW dealer today for routine maintenance and spoke to the
> service manager. He has just received repair manuals for the '97 EV and
> he thinks this is a clear sign that they will be imported soon, probably
> in the spring. HOWEVER....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
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Yahoo!! About time VW brought back the diesel van (in Canada). I wonder when 
Chr*sler will "invent" this one? ;)

Shawn & Janis Wright
'88 Westy (336k) '85 Jetta TD (363k)
VWnut@smus.bc.ca (swright@smus.bc.ca)
http://www.islandnet.com/~swright/vw.html