Hot off the press from the SMH website today.....

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/09/01/1030508161921.html 

Dammit can't stop the URL being mistakenly posted with exra coding on the end just follow the link then remove everything after .html to get it to work

[Edited on 1-9-2002 by KOM123]

I knew they would be back!!!!!!1

Anybody know who the girl in the artical is? (Beki Lee) i am 16 with a baywindow and would love to get in touch and have a chat.

Try getting in touch with the author?

Isn't it amazing how journalists, who don't know any better, always make puerile word associations with VW models.

Beetle = Hitler, Nazis, Third Reich
Kombi = Hippies, surfies, backpackers

I laughed when I read the journalist's take on Steve Muller's quote:

"People who were Beatles fans have gone out and bought them (Kombis)"

Hmmm, I think he meant BEETLES fans. There's no connection whatever between the Fab Four from Liverpool and the VW Type 2!

Except for they are both COOL, Phil!


Jay... who lerves Beetles AND Beatles


Queen of Chat

$70K!!! I guess thats another one I won't be owning in the near future!

When they are as old as a splitty they should be pretty cheap, might find one parked in a barn somewhere.

Sounds like the kombi is going to go the way of the new beetle, overpriced for the target market. Suppose the mini & pt cruiser screwed things up the same way. At least the Citroen 2cv clone will be affordable -ce la vie

[Edited on 2-9-2002 by Bugged Again]

The article said that Kombis were called Microbuses in the US.. which isn't true... Microbuses were in most parts of the world - in the USA they were called Station Wagens [with an o] - NOT Microbuses... as I believe Kombis are any version of the Vehicle... Panel Van etc.. whereas a Microbus has lots of seats and Windows, as We ALL know...