Vanagons in popular media

Perales · Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 7:01 am Post subject:

"Little Miss Sunshine"
The VW Van has a bigger part then most of the actors.
Cute film too.
Good surprise ending!
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82WestyMan · Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 6:03 pm Post subject:

Thought I'd add one to this thread since its been awhile
Was watching Nature on PBS this evening. the second installment of "Bears of the Last Frontier: The Road North", after the segment about Anchorage, the host traveled up to Denali Park but since he was making the trip on this motorcycle and all vehicles in Denali Park must closed in... he picked up a used
Westfalia
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blake28 · Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 8:25 pm Post subject:

HeftySmurf · Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 8:57 pm Post subject:

How can we forget the vilian in "THe Divinci Code"?
Brown transporter
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JunkYarDog · Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 9:36 pm Post subject:

Team WorldTour · Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 9:56 pm Post subject:

As a well-trained Tanker, I can assure you; the guy in the tank had NO clue how to drive that thing effectivly. Me and my friends have seen and debated the finer points of this rampage to death. One simple fact we all agree on: a real tanker would know the proper way to get that tank over the wall in the center of the freeway without breaking the track and breaking off roadwheels, or getting high-centered!
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Mountain1.8t · Samba Member Joined: January 20, 2013 Posts: 340

I spy our Vanny in a local news story about the artists in our community.

http://missoulian.com/news/local/signal-box-artist...f887a.html

Look really close!

msinabottle · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2014 1:02 pm Post subject: Done in Detroit?

I think the 'Fires, Wrecks and Disasters' thread is starting to take!

http://shar.es/11Zm0r

We made the comics in the 3rd frame!

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fleet_maintenance · Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 5:28 am Post subject:

stumbled across this on r/volkswagens on reddit:

Link

I'm not sure how I feel about the product being featured, but it is a nice van, and doesn't seem to break down for an entire vacation Very Happy

Gnarlodious · Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 7:02 am Post subject:

Don’t badmouth the Vanagon. Mine has never broke down in 14 years.
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vegpedlr · Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 8:12 am Post subject:

That commercial to be as much about a vehicle that hasn't been made in over 20 yrs as the other, newer tech.

maryloucb · Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 8:26 am Post subject:

So the guys get to go on a bike ride while the girls sit around playing cards? What's up with that? Very Happy

vegpedlr · Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 8:31 am Post subject: Trail Runner Gets Dream Van

In this month's Trail Runner Magazine, the final piece in the back is about a woman who always wanted a VW camper van, especially once she started running ultra marathons around the country. The family was less enthusiastic about either pursuit. She ends up very happy with a Eurovan. I can relate perfectly.

fleet_maintenance · Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 7:38 am Post subject:

I guess Reddit could be considered media, so here's a link to a syncro sketch on imagur, via reddit:
http://i.imgur.com/ljICeO0.png

I am not the original artist, btw

sanchius · Samba Member Joined: May 03, 2007 Posts: 1452 Location: IN

The FBI take-down team shows up at the activists forest safe house in a Vanagon near the end of 'The East'

The movie actually wasn't bad until that point, but that was the turning point where the plot rapidly went downhill.

http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_644803-Volkswagen-Vanagon-Typ-2-T3-1990.html

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Merian · Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 1:08 pm Post subject:

geo_tonz · Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 4:57 pm Post subject:

I was amazed at how many Vanagons were in this picture from Nigeria in the latest National Geographic Magazine (Jan 2015, pg 80). Yes I know they're not ALL vanagons!

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/01/lagos/ha...ay-670.jpg
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ripple_bc · Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 5:40 pm Post subject:

We were watching "State of Affairs" on NBC earlier this week. The characters were crossing the border from Yemen and there was a blue Vanagon stopped at the border crossing. Anybody else see it?

vegpedlr · Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2015 11:53 pm Post subject:

pushkick · Samba Member Joined: August 09, 2007 Posts: 1366

the movie mac and me camper van
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