Vw Camper maybe return!

[SpeedyGonzales]

Morning all,

I can across some brilliant news on the Auto Express website - the VW Camper is coming back.

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/...

Let hippies return and peace surround us all.


Thanks

Big Chris

[rich 36]

That's an especially uninspiring idea,
I mean what sort of target audience is that aimed at.

The nouveau cyber-hippy-new age wannabee travellers wishing to let their middle aged spread hang out, at CC sanitized camp sites globally?

Terrific,

Still I know Mike wants one so its not all for nothing

[Zad]

Well, lets face it, many of the current generation of people carriers aren't *that* far removed from the VW camper. It is only a matter of ripping the seats out and fitting an appropriate interior. Then hey presto, you have captured the rich-kids-playing-at-being-poor-surf-kids crowd and all the 'cool' wannabees who are really in their 40s living in suburbia 50 miles from the sea. 90% of 4x4s are sold to people who think they live out in the wilds, so why not sell people carriers the same way?

[rich 36]

It may seem like a strange alliance, but Volkswagen and British rock group The Who have joined forces. And the result could see the return of the firm’s much loved camper van.

Auto Express can also exclusively reveal that it’s likely the band’s
classic single Won't get fooled again will be the soundtrack for any TV, radio or Internet commercials.

The Who – which used a VW Camper as transport in its early years – performed at the vehicle’s recent 60th birthday celebrations in Hanover, Germany. Immediately after its gig in front of 40,000 adoring fans, the supergroup spent time with top VW executives from Germany and the UK. There, guitarist Pete Townshend revealed he still has at least one ageing VW bus parked in his garage at home. And now, there is a growing possibility that he will be one of the first people to take delivery of a cleaner and safer next-generation version. VW announced in 2005 that the Microbus concept it revealed at the 2001 Detroit Motor Show would not go into produc tion because it would be too expensive to manufacture. But now, the company is investigating whether it can design and build a more simple replacement for the Camper, which is nicknamed the Bulli in Germany.

As with the Microbus, the redes igned version will have an unashamedly retro look. However, a stripped-out, less is more appearance will help keep costs down and make the vehicle more accessible to buyers on tighter budgets. According to VW, the new Camper will almost certainly be built in the US, and it’s equally likely that it will be badged Bulli – a name that the company has only recently registered to itself.

But bosses admit that unless they can sell at least 100,000 examples of the car worldwide every year, the pro ject may not be financially viable.

Bookmark this post with:

[flattotheboards]

the concept a while back was really cool, this isnt.

[Zad]

Heh, VW won't be that bothered about it being financially viable. So long as it brings them public attention and press coverage. *Cough* Veyron.

Personally, I think they should make these

[rich 36]

Looks like a deranged milk float

[JackHolroyde]

I think that it is quite possibly the most disgusting vehicle that has sandpapered its way past my eyes in a long time.
Please god, NO!

[Zad]

Fear not, it was just someone with a VW Camper plastic model kit having a bit of a laugh for a model competition

[rich 36]

Are we still on OP link
or the Milk-float?

[beasto]

Yes to a nouveau hippievan, no to this dull sketch.

This wood and metal concept is quite fun...


http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i.te...

[stuttgartmetal]

zero profile 20's
overly curved windscreen
the concepts interesting, it will probably be a lot more sharan than it is here.

[SpeedyGonzales]

I quite like it, but the original concept was and is better looking