Prolly for the same reason we in the US have a Euro Sport, EuroVan,
Barretta, LeBaron, Monte Carlo, and Parisianne...the grass always sounds
greener on the other side of the pond.

In the immortal words of the late JFK: "I am a Jelly Donut!" = "Ich bin ein
Berliner!" it just sounds good.

G. Matthew Bulley
Director
Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
www.bulley-hewlett.com
Cary, NC USA
888.468.4880 tollfree

-----Original Message-----
From:   Michael Townsend [SMTP:townsend@RTP.ERICSSON.SE]
Sent:   Wednesday, December 01, 1999 8:40 AM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        Re: ungainly? van

Those look really good, although I have a marketing question:  How come
they
are named after States in the USA?

Michael

-----Original Message-----
From: Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: ungainly? van

>Very regular here in Europe, they take up much less space than the huge
>hotels you americans can drive around in (mostly not us Vanagon people).
>Just take a look at the Karmann conversions offered by VW at
>http://www.vwn.de
>
>PerL
>87 Syncro 112i
>