hey volks,

just spoke with a local dealer and he confirmed what ari says below.
also, they ARE taking orders for them! the dealer said they have
order,option, and color codes, BUT no prices?!? he added they will be
'99 models and that dealers should have complete info late summer/early
fall.

tony

Ari Ollikainen wrote:
>
> >Was checking out the new Beetle at the local -- Salt Lake City -- auto show
> >and had a chance to ask a VWOA rep about the Eurovan.  He said in April they
> >would start selling EV's  in three configurations -- base, MV and Weekender.
>
>         If the VW marketing people had any smarts they could pre-sell
>         all 2500 '98EVs by
>
>         1/ Conducting a letter campaign to Vanagon/Bus owners of record
>            pre-announcing the availability of the '98Evs and offering
>            favorable trade-in discounts.
>
>         2/ Setting up shop on the Web for Build-to-Order for these vehicles
>            instead of doing business as usual...IN FACT, Camper versions
>            should be orderable this way, anyway!
>
>         But...I must have inhaled too much THC...remembering when VW actually
>         cared enough about customers to allow them to ORDER vehicles...
>
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