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Zeitgeist 13
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 Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 8:54 pm Post subject: Re: T6 California spotted in California! |
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Because it's a California model, so juxtaposing it with landmarks of the namesake state makes sense.
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vw_dude
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:02 pm Post subject: Re: T6 California spotted in California! |
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| Zeitgeist 13 wrote: |
| Because it's a California model, so juxtaposing it with landmarks of the namesake state makes sense. |
I can see that but the thesis was that "every manufacturer takes marketing pix in cali."... |
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Zeitgeist 13
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:14 pm Post subject: Re: T6 California spotted in California! |
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It's also a very photogenic state with a lot of inherent market share.
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vw_dude
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| Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2018 9:36 pm Post subject: Re: T6 California spotted in California! |
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| Zeitgeist 13 wrote: |
| It's also a very photogenic state with a lot of inherent market share. |
Don't doubt that. So is Spain or Italy. With better architecture obviously. Again, what struck me was the statement that "every manufacturer takes marketing pix in cali." which I highly doubt. But I guess that's enough of that.  . |
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mvaska
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| Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2018 5:28 am Post subject: Re: T6 California spotted in California! |
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i wrote "seems that every..." not just "every."
given the distance it is remarkably frequent around the globe.
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| Zeitgeist 13 wrote: |
| It's also a very photogenic state with a lot of inherent market share. |
Don't doubt that. So is Spain or Italy. With better architecture obviously. Again, what struck me was the statement that "every manufacturer takes marketing pix in cali." which I highly doubt. But I guess that's enough of that. . |
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VAEV1993
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 6:04 am Post subject: Re: T6 California spotted in California! |
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I saw this morning on the Instagram via the "Eurovan" hashtag, that someone posted a handful more pictures of multiple other T6 campers in California for a photo-shoot. Red, gold, red/white.
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 4:09 pm Post subject: Re: T6 California spotted in California! |
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| It's a poptop too. Would love to see the interior. |
Is Westfalia the maker of the top conversion? It looks very thin (not tall); has caused any of the kind of problems that the T4 Winnie had- cracks, etc? Or does the German attention to manufacturing detail mean that hasn't cropped up?
If anyone has a link to a site w/ good interior pics, or better yet, a video "tour" of a T6 camper, please post! |
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Zeitgeist 13
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 4:18 pm Post subject: Re: T6 California spotted in California! |
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Westfalia is now owned by Mercedes, so I believe VAG is doing their camper conversions in-house these days. Their interiors are brilliant.
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Tomzzz
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2018 12:55 am Post subject: Re: T6 California spotted in California! |
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coincidence yesterday I saw this film on the website of a Belgian auto magazine Autowereld (translated to AuroWorld)
They did a test with 3 T6 California models in... California, where else!
So this was a marketing campaign for VW Europe. The German licence plate is indeed from Hannover.
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Itsamoto
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2018 2:51 pm Post subject: Re: T6 California spotted in California! |
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I believe for the T6 launch, they had brought some in to do photo shoots with -- playing off the western US reputation for beach and wide open cruising on route 66.
That's marketing for you them! |
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santeko
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2018 2:01 pm Post subject: Re: T6 California spotted in California! |
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Chris (from VW) brought this by at Syncrofest, he's on a press tour with about a dozen other T6's in socal. Clifford the T4 got his pic taken with his new (25 yr) younger T6 brother.
This one (with the bells and whistles) goes for about $110k 
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2018 7:04 pm Post subject: Re: T6 California spotted in California! |
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If you CA slackers would get back to work we could have nice things like T6s.
There are at least 5 countries with bigger GDPs than you.
Get to it.
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2018 7:48 pm Post subject: Re: T6 California spotted in California! |
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Any idea if this one was at Syncrofest? Nice T6 California Coast, spotted this morning at the, uh, California coast, Fort Baker, Sausalito, CA. French plates.
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Zeitgeist 13
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| Posted: Tue May 08, 2018 8:33 pm Post subject: Re: T6 California spotted in California! |
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Gah, these jerks are just thumbing their noses at us!!! Why can't we have nice things...oh yeah, now I remember...
[hangs head in shame]
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2018 6:27 am Post subject: Re: T6 California spotted in California! |
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It isn't a VW but it looks like it may be based off the same platform as the t6 but the engine might be different. All the interior stuff seems similar if not exactly the same. Looks like it might come standard with awd and air suspension.
Use google and translate the page.
https://www.hyundai.com/kr/ko/vehicles/grand-starex-special/campingcar |
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Zeitgeist 13
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| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2018 3:08 pm Post subject: Re: T6 California spotted in California! |
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It's definitely inspired by the modern Transporter platform, but it's a wholly separate platform of its own.
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