I heard this story from Dan Anderson of VWOA.

Apparently it all started with Germany placing a high tariff on US chicken,
and the US responding my placing a high tariff on German trucks.  Buses were
not considered trucks, but crew/single cabs were.  Trucks became too expensive
to import from Germany, but continued to be sold in Canada.

Eventually VW lost all market share of the US truck market and eventually gave
up and no longer imported trucks even after the tariffs were abolished.

Steve
'74 Campmobile
New German Side Tents at http://members.aol.com/tentinfo

In a message dated 5/14/98 2:38:23 PM, bennett_charles@JPMORGAN.COM wrote:

<<Anyone have any idea why the Crew Cabs are not imported into the US.  I
think the last year that they were imported was '71.  I've heard about the
"Chicken Tax" but don't fully understand it.  Can anyone help with the full
and complete story  as to what happened to ban this vehicle from these
shores?>>