On Wed, 12 Aug 1998, Henry Luhrs wrote:

> VW does make a TDI EV in Europe and uses a 5 cylinder TDI engine. It also
> comes as a Syncro. They also make the Samba which is a smaller minivan
> based on the passat chassis. They don't import either to the US.
>
> Henry
>

I thought the smaller Passat-based van was the "Sharan", identical to
the Ford Galaxy, also not sold on these shores.  Is the Samba a special
version of the Sharan?

Joachim