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I still say they should have developed an updated model off of the Microbus concept in keeping with a true VW van rather than a Caravan disguised as a VW. It would have been a much costlier effort, but would have sold.
gosh how long has it been since that concept came out? Yet, that thing still looks new! One day I want to do a Type2 project and a Karman-Ghia restoration .
VW really dropped the ball on this one. And the commercials with Brooke Shields were a complete failure. Whoever was involved in the approval of that ad campaign needs to be spanked with a giant paddle and give a pink slip.
If VW lets me spank Brooke Shields with a giant paddle, I'll buy one.
gosh how long has it been since that concept came out? Yet, that thing still looks new! One day I want to do a Type2 project and a Karman-Ghia restoration .
2001! So VW had over 9 years (including the concept phase) to develop the Microbus and they couldn't do it. If they found a way to build it affordable, this would have been a big hit.
Problem is, is that anyone with a brain knows this is a Chrysler even though VW tried hard to avoid that in their ads with the usual overdone "german engineering" crap.
04-23-09, 07:54 PM
and a Karman-Ghia restoration 
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Not enough plastic in the Routan for my tastes.
