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Volkswagen Routan Delivery Van

All right, Volkswagen doesn't sell commercial vans in the United States, and it hasn't tried to since the U.S. import tariff on foreign commercial vehicles was enacted in 1963, but some car parts company - Mighty Auto Parts - actually took a Routan passenger van and converted it for commercial use.

 

I sense that Volkswagen may have an opportunity to get in on a market it has long since abandoned. This proves that people will buy a VW commercial vehicle in this country, and all Europe's #1 automaker has to do is rise to the challenge and offer trucks to prospective buyers. It could make them in their southern U.S. plant and in Mexico - which is exactly what Nissan does. Maybe you've noticed Nissan cargo vans out on the American road.

 

Maybe Volkswagen needs a midsize SUV to sell in These States, which it's preparing to produce in its Tennessee plant. But it needs trucks of a different sort too.

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Uploaded on August 10, 2014
Taken on July 30, 2014