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#57 of 1262 Apples and Oranges by steeleng Sep 11, 2003 (12:33 pm)
Armchair - it was nice of you to tell us all of the good features of the VW van and all of the bad features of the Chevy van. In fairness you should mention that the VW used the drivers knees as the first line of defense in an accident, didn't have enough power to get out of its own way, and was substantially smaller on the inside than your Chevy van.   With regards to the Chevy, you are dealing with a 1-ton chassis, a much larger and more powerful engine, and substantially more hauling capacity. I will admit that 10mpg is low and is actually lower than most people that I know get with a Chevy van. I am guessing that either it had problems or you had the 7.4l motor in it which means great power but lousy mileage.   I am not a Chevy apologist, I just don't like one sided stories.   I think that the sprinter will be a great van for you and if you get the diesel motor you should get much better fuel economy. Be a little careful in the wind with its high profile and it should serve you well.
#58 of 1262 Search for this board doesn't work when using browse feature by s852 Sep 14, 2003 (3:08 pm)
Why doesn't this board appear when you use the "browse by vehicle" list on the left and select Dodge for make and Sprinter for model or Dodge and "Sprinter Cargo." I created a new board because there appeared to not be an existing board.
#59 of 1262 S852 by steve_ HOST Sep 14, 2003 (7:52 pm)
Should work now (although we may have to wait for the server to reindex).   Glad you found it!   Steve, Host
#60 of 1262 ? by dustyk Oct 15, 2003 (2:33 pm)
I saw a Freightliner van today. It seemed to have a number of similarities to the Sprinter. Are these two vehicle related in any way?   Thanks, Dusty
#61 of 1262 by kirstie_h HOST Oct 16, 2003 (5:16 am)
dustyk, they're both Daimler-Chrysler vehicles, and yes, they are very much related! If you click here, there's an interesting article that explains the relationship.   kirstie_h Roving Host & Future Vehicles Host
#62 of 1262 Sprinter by robr2 Oct 16, 2003 (6:31 am)
Jamie Kitman in the Nov issue of Automobile has a great article on his new Sprinter. He feels it is a world apart from the previous Dodge Ram Van. He further said that since the big 3 seem to wait 20 years between redesigns of their vans that these Euro style vans would be easier and less costly to introduce in North America. He stated that he saw a couple of Opel vans at a GM test facility in the US.   That said, I see so many Sprinters here in the Boston area. Of course, FedEx was the first, but UPS now has them and I see on a daily basis many outfitted for tradespeople, florists, and general delivery.
#63 of 1262 Thank you, Kirstie!........................EOM by dustyk Oct 17, 2003 (7:40 am)
#65 of 1262 I saw a Sprinter Passenger van in White Plains NY by dieselbreath Nov 01, 2003 (11:17 pm)
last week. It looked pretty cool ... very functional with lots of space. It was a short wheel-base with the low roof. Very boxy though, but that's OK with me.   Its too bad that we only get the "regular van" models here. I've posted links here to the other models that we can't get in North America (including the flat-deck truck with folding sides) but my posts seem to dissapear. Is it because no one wants to know that their "Dodge" van that was shipped to NA by Mercedes was actually built by VW?   Here's a link to the UK site: http://www.volkswagen-vans.co.uk/lt.htm   Mercedes renewed their agreement with VW to purhase vans for another 8 years, so we'll have access to these great German trucks for years to come, although in a round-about way.   BTW: VW have 35% market share in Brazil for heavy trucks (which has the same population as the US) and VW is opening a heavy truck plant in Mexico in 2004, which is also classed as "Domestic production" per NAFTA, although I don't believe they plan to sell any into the US.
#66 of 1262 Just to clarify by dieselbreath Nov 01, 2003 (11:26 pm)
The "Dodge/Freightliner" versions of the VW LT vans do have Mercedes engines in them, not the VW engines of the vans referred to in the link in the prior post.   In fact, VW claims a 158 HP diesel option in their vans, which I would guess is the Mercedes engine. VW & Mercedes swap production all the time ... some VW car engines are built in Mercedes plants, etc.   And VW vans all take Mercedes wheels ... even my wife's Eurovan, because the passenger vans are also sold by Mercedes (with a Merc engine) in Europe. You cannot fit VW wheels onto a VW van!

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