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 mackaymanx
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| posted on June 10th, 2008 at 04:07 PM |
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Karmann GmbH to be sold or closed
Just saw on the german news on SBS that after 100 years that Karmann may be sold off or closed.
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gD-prsdeoeosvdOtPHNaXTIsU0NQ
http://news.google.com.au/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ned=au&q=karmann
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 vw54
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| posted on June 10th, 2008 at 04:22 PM |
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pity they make a great product
I took the factory tour in 1991 i wonder if they will sell the museum cars ????
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68AutoBug
A.k.a.: Lee Noonan
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 posted on June 10th, 2008 at 10:05 PM |
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After all that time
when they made Porsche and Volkswagen cabriolets
and VW Scirocco & Corrado 914 etc...
they also made Motorhomes on VW LT series trucks etc..
BMW cabriolets
Lee
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baybuscamperkid
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| posted on June 11th, 2008 at 02:58 PM |
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surprising, I thought they were still makign NB 'verts amongst other stuff. it is a shame if true.
Reimagined/Recycled/Upcycled Cool
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