Skip to main content
Gerry | Vanagon
Checking account...
← vanagon.com home · Continue the discussion in the forum
Subject:Re: SUVs VS TINCANS!
From:David-M
Date:Sun, 10 Jan 1999 01:41:59 -0500

John Anderson wrote:
>
> Damn well better believe they are "station wagons" to the federal
> government.  VW was very picky about that classification early on as it
> allowed them to avoid the import taxes levied against them in the "truck"
> arena.  The main reason the single and dual cabs never found their ways in
> greater numbers into the country.  Most state titles I have seen in the mid
> atlantic and elsewhere I have purchased vans (PA, WV, DC, MD, NJ, VA) carry
> the proper "station wagon" designation on the origional title and continue

My New York title says body/hull 'VAN'.
I wonder if the designation on the title affects auto insurance rates.