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> We've seen a few EV Westie Weekenders here in St. Paul, too.
> When we lived in Vancouver in 1995 we saw scads of EV Westies with
> _full_ camping gear.
> I friend of ours let us borrow his '92 DIESEL powered EV Westie. I think
> it had 78 hp! It was 
> slow going over the mountians... We loved it, and would have bought one
> ourselves (gas powered, 
> though) except that we were moving back to the US, buying a house, and
> getting married. 
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> We were told that VWoA did not import any of the full Westfalia EV
> conversions because of the
> exchange rate, and the VW of Canada was discontinuing their Westie
> conversions for the same reason. 
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> Does VWoA Care? Or was the Westie market so small that they could walk
> away from it? Do they think 
> people who would have bought an EV Westie will buy a bigger, more
> expensive EV Winnebago? 

	I'm only guessing based on what I see in the market........but, I think
VWofA wanted a more elaborate camper
	with a furnace, more plumbing (gray-water sump, exterior wash etc.) and
Franz Noble (the Westy contractor) wasn't
	ready to support that. Also, I think VW wanted to have the Eurovan frame
available with larger camper bodies. So,
	Winnebago was a logical supplier for both styles, the Eurobago and the
Rialto. 

	I know that the (3) items I missed most with my '91 Westy was a sump for
cooking anywhere, a furnace for year-round
	lounging and an auxiliary battery. The Eurobago has all of them.
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> Personally, I think they blew it.

	Well, It's seems they opted to not go after the market looking for
smaller, less elaborate campers. But, I paid $24.4K for
	my '91 Campmobile. Today, an equivalent Eurobago would probably be ~$27K..
Would a significant number of buyers pay
	15>20% more for more comfort? I think so.

	Stuart R.

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> -Steve