Is VW Readying a New Microbus?

i bet they will be real popular around san fransicko....

If it ran on water, that would be a sales promo.

Somehow, it just doesn't seem right. Why mess with success? Haven't seen a returning name yet that looked as good as the original. Instead of creating a new vehicle and giving it an old name, make it exactly like the original and let the individual owbers customize it. One exception to that is the new Mustang. It, at least, looks close to the original.

If this were done in a Hybrid front wheel drive,I would say go for it.Those older models=no heat or poor heat,crappy powerless rear engines,they were just a cheap way of looking like a dork or cool back in those days with the long hair,flowered shirts & painted Vw to match. The older style bugs were fun but death traps,stock bug made a great dune buggy, jumper & more. Hell I could get the front wheels about 6'' off of the ground with my 72 bug.

Has anyone read any reviews of the VW's they are making today. Not like in the good old days. Most people who owns VW's today say they are junk with lots of problems mechanical problems.

Stick your head back in the sand and you'll never notice...

I take exception to your comments that today's VWs are junk. I have a 05 Passat TDI (diesel) and it is a wonderful car. 40 plus MPG, its fast and a good ride. No, its not noisy, smelly or smokey going down the road. Its new diesel technology been around awhile in Europe where 60% of the vehicles are high MPG diesels. Ford makes a nice diesel over there gets 65 MPG, but they won't export it because they don't think Americans will buy them.

I would buy this VW sooo fast. I have a 05 Beetle Turbo Convertible and have loved it from day one. Would have a riot in the new bus. I saw the concept when they first released the idea and was disappointed that they never brought it to fruition. Hope it makes it this time round. Iwant it just like they show it in the pic.

I owned a '63 and a '68, but there were problems because they were rear engingine/rear wheel drive. The clutch and accelerator cables would break and the shifting rods broke down very quickly. They ran the entire length of the vehicle. Also, they were called a Volkswagon Kombi then.

If the older ones were so great, count the number you see on the road today, not counting Scooby-Doo cartoons. Also, thank you Jim; I forgot about the lack of heat. Now I'm smarter and should have bought a Chevy.

This story was posted last wek. AOL keeps recycling old news....if it was ever news to begin with.

I hope Volkswagon and all the other foreign companies will keep their cars at home. People laughed at VW when it first arrived here. Now you have a hard time finding cars made in America . . . and hell yes, we can build anything anyone else can build, and do it better. It's all big business and politics, which are one in the same.

I remember my dad's VW van. We froze in the winter even after installing an additional rear heater. It seemed to be perpetually in the shop and eventually ended its days as a chicken coop, I definately am NOT going to buy an updated version.

Gee, a people/stuff hauler that gets really good gas mileage...do ya think it will sell??? Now that VW has a liquid cooled engine, and hence a heater and defroster that actually work, it might have a chance in the northern US. The Chrysler minivan will have to step aside if the gas mileage is good...just pray that they correct the topheavy nature of the old microbus..my mother-in-law flipped hers more than once...

Cheri
The only reason your memories are "fond" is because you weren't driving! Here are my memories of driving a "71 brand new VW bus. No air. Only the front windows opened. No heat in the winter. Worrying that the baby's diaper would be frozen by the time we got to our destination! Going only 35 Mph.up a mt. with even 18 wheelers zooming past and wondering if we were going to make it. Thinking my left leg was going to fall off from holding in the clutch because I was stuck in traffic for 2 hrs.
We traded it in for a GM van and I thought I'd gone to heaven! GM Van
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