"NEW" 2009 VW Microbus
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"NEW" 2009 VW Microbus
2009 VW Microbus,
"C-0-0-l"--------240 hp------V-6--also optional diesel 35 mpg
sign me up!
also go to airforcetimes.com look under "Hot new rides"
http://jalopnik.com/cars/notag/more-...001-313436.php
http://www.automotive.com/future-car.../interior.html
"C-0-0-l"--------240 hp------V-6--also optional diesel 35 mpg
sign me up!
also go to airforcetimes.com look under "Hot new rides"
http://jalopnik.com/cars/notag/more-...001-313436.php
http://www.automotive.com/future-car.../interior.html
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come on now!
don't be shy!
At 22 grand and they will be offering a dinette set--camping stove---posible sink!
Cool shaped!
Gas/diesel (I'll admitt I'm not a diesel fan, but at a possible topping off at 4 dollars agallon thsi year!)
I'll keep my Aero but it will be up on blocks awaiting either a fuel source change over or simply the fossil fuel to go back down
I'll be driving around in my new Hippy van going to your house and buying your Aero-------just playin.
35 miles to the gallon in a cool looking van?----I saw you droul----you want one too. yep at 40 plus hits at viewing this at--YOU WANT ONE---DON'T LIE
don't be shy!
At 22 grand and they will be offering a dinette set--camping stove---posible sink!
Cool shaped!
Gas/diesel (I'll admitt I'm not a diesel fan, but at a possible topping off at 4 dollars agallon thsi year!)
I'll keep my Aero but it will be up on blocks awaiting either a fuel source change over or simply the fossil fuel to go back down
I'll be driving around in my new Hippy van going to your house and buying your Aero-------just playin.
35 miles to the gallon in a cool looking van?----I saw you droul----you want one too. yep at 40 plus hits at viewing this at--YOU WANT ONE---DON'T LIE
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Hello Marty,
Naw--I have in front of me the New Air Force times. It is dated Feb 18th 2008 and on page 39 & it states that it will be out in the fall of this year with a base price of $22,000.
I just went to the web site for you to read the article. The web site doesn't have as much about it as the paper so here it is anyway.
2009 VW Microbus
Base price: $22,000
Availability estimate: Fall
A legend returns!
VW has decided the times are once again ripe for a reasonably sized, good-on-gas, family-friendly and road-trip-ready icon.
While the cosmetics and overall theme hark back to the hippie-era Microbus, one thing the modern Microbus won’t have in common with the original is a bad case of the slows.
Expect the ’09 Microbus to be at least as quick as other modern seven-passenger vans — and (it is hoped) available with a diesel engine.
A diesel Microbus would offer much better fuel economy potential than any gas-powered van on the market — and be very much in tune with the Earth Mother, eco-friendly vibe of the original Microbus.
Also look for possible retro-inspired accessories such as on-board minikitchens with sink, water and fridge.
Maybe a camper top will make a reappearance, too.
Naw--I have in front of me the New Air Force times. It is dated Feb 18th 2008 and on page 39 & it states that it will be out in the fall of this year with a base price of $22,000.
I just went to the web site for you to read the article. The web site doesn't have as much about it as the paper so here it is anyway.
2009 VW Microbus
Base price: $22,000
Availability estimate: Fall
A legend returns!
VW has decided the times are once again ripe for a reasonably sized, good-on-gas, family-friendly and road-trip-ready icon.
While the cosmetics and overall theme hark back to the hippie-era Microbus, one thing the modern Microbus won’t have in common with the original is a bad case of the slows.
Expect the ’09 Microbus to be at least as quick as other modern seven-passenger vans — and (it is hoped) available with a diesel engine.
A diesel Microbus would offer much better fuel economy potential than any gas-powered van on the market — and be very much in tune with the Earth Mother, eco-friendly vibe of the original Microbus.
Also look for possible retro-inspired accessories such as on-board minikitchens with sink, water and fridge.
Maybe a camper top will make a reappearance, too.
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Wonder if it will be available in dayglo lime or orange, with flower accents? Actually, I wouldn't complain. It's time for a second childhood.
We'll have to bust up the VW emblem into the peace sign again.........
We'll have to bust up the VW emblem into the peace sign again.........
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I remember my 65 micro bus. . . 53 horses, 28 mpg, 0 to 60 in half an hour with a good tailwind and long downhill run, but cheap to operate and I got 775,000 out of her before I had to send her to the old volks home.
VW put the rabbit diesel in an 83 (I think it was 83) Vanagon, and seems to me it got about 15 mpg city and highway, which one of the reviewers said meant you drove with your foot on the floor wherever you went. The same fellow said the torque was so low it wouldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding.
I'd love to have another VW bus, but I would be leary of anything automotive that Chrysler was involved in.
VW put the rabbit diesel in an 83 (I think it was 83) Vanagon, and seems to me it got about 15 mpg city and highway, which one of the reviewers said meant you drove with your foot on the floor wherever you went. The same fellow said the torque was so low it wouldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding.
I'd love to have another VW bus, but I would be leary of anything automotive that Chrysler was involved in.
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Never been a death trap fan, especially when your legs ARE the bumper.
Times and people have changed. The re-introduction of the beatle flopped big time, and the 2010 concept looks nothing like the original. I am betting this will be just as much of a flop here.
Times and people have changed. The re-introduction of the beatle flopped big time, and the 2010 concept looks nothing like the original. I am betting this will be just as much of a flop here.
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Originally Posted by 93nighthawk
Times and people have changed. The re-introduction of the beetle flopped big time, and the 2010 concept looks nothing like the original. I am betting this will be just as much of a flop here.
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