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61Scout
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ach60 
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 Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2017 2:42 pm Post subject: Re: One weird VW |
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I was watching a British Zombie Movie years ago, and the main characters were driving one of these.
They were made in Hanover Germany by VW until '94 per Wiki. So I studied up on this out of curiosity.
The EU was simply not allowing the Japanese imports, so the Japanese, Toyota , etc. did joint ventures with european auto makers,
and then Toyota did transplants into Britain to gain access to the EU.
The British Economy was in horrible shape at the time, so the Japanese knew that Britain would welcome transplants,
so Britain became the Japanese Beachhead for entering the European Common Market with little resistance.
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| Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2017 4:09 pm Post subject: Re: One weird VW |
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| these days everybody is in bed with somebody. it's been common place for....40 years or so but more in recent years. some just swap badges and some swap spit and more. |
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Zundfolge1432
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| Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2017 1:27 pm Post subject: Re: One weird VW |
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| mark tucker wrote: |
| these days everybody is in bed with somebody. it's been common place for....40 years or so but more in recent years. some just swap badges and some swap spit and more. |
Very profound sir. |
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pyrOman
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| Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2017 1:39 pm Post subject: Re: One weird VW |
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| Zundfolge1432 wrote: |
| mark tucker wrote: |
| these days everybody is in bed with somebody. it's been common place for....40 years or so but more in recent years. some just swap badges and some swap spit and more. |
Very profound sir. |
And coherent!!!! 
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HeidelbergJohn4.0
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| Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2017 9:07 am Post subject: Re: One weird VW |
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is it just a re-styled Nissan or an actual Mercedes design built in a Nissan truck plant? Not a fan of the Titan trucks, and they might as well carry around an auxiliary tank in the bed.
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Butcher
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| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 7:42 am Post subject: Re: One weird VW |
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If you ask the Mercedes engineer, they would say, it's a complete rebuild. I'm certain it's a Nissan with cheap Mercedes trim.
You would think they learned from the first generation ML, what a turd that was. |
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