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Hello all you Volkswagen Vanagon and Westfalia fans. We here at Rocky Mountain Westy have decided to start publishing articles that help answer questions we get from clients all the time. Common questions about what to look for when your in the market to purchase a Volkswagen Vanagon and Westfalia. Let’s start there and we’ll write more articles for all of you as we can.

As most of you know Volkswagen Vanagons have been manufacturered from 1980 through 1991. Different versions in the United States included the passenger style van, the Weekender camper, the Westfalia camper and Wolfsburg & Carat Editions. We’ll break these models down further as we go on. Continue reading ‘Rocky Mountain Westy – Learn what to look for when buying a Vanagon or Westfalia camper’ »

Hello all you Volkswagen Vanagon and Westfalia fans. We here at Rocky Mountain Westy have decided to start publishing articles that help answer questions we get from clients all the time. Common questions about what to look for when your in the market to purchase a Volkswagen Vanagon and Westfalia. Let’s start there and we’ll write more articles for all of you as we can.

As most of you know Volkswagen Vanagons have been manufacturered from 1980 through 1991. Different versions in the United States included the passenger style van, the Weekender camper, the Westfalia camper and Wolfsburg & Carat Editions. We’ll break these models down further as we go on. Continue reading ‘Rocky Mountain Westy – Learn what to look for when buying a Vanagon or Westfalia camper’ »

Hello all you Volkswagen Vanagon and Westfalia fans. We here at Rocky Mountain Westy have decided to start publishing articles that help answer questions we get from clients all the time. Common questions about what to look for when your in the market to purchase a Volkswagen Vanagon and Westfalia. Let’s start there and we’ll write more articles for all of you as we can.

As most of you know Volkswagen Vanagons have been manufacturered from 1980 through 1991. Different versions in the United States included the passenger style van, the Weekender camper, the Westfalia camper and Wolfsburg & Carat Editions. We’ll break these models down further as we go on. Continue reading ‘Rocky Mountain Westy – Learn what to look for when buying a Vanagon or Westfalia camper’ »

Volkswagen minivan was introduced in 1960 because it was durable and cheap to run. Many Americans loved this type of vehicle. Volkswagen Mini van was invented in 1950 or some 33 years before Chrysler Corporation introduced its first minivan and took credit for creating this type of vehicle. Volkswagen started selling minivans in America in 1950. The first model was called the transporter. The Euro van is a far cry from the 1960’s models, which were roomy but had sorely underpowered engines and really skinny tires. As with the 1960’s, the transporter used reliable Volkswagen Beetle auto components such as a rear mounted air cooled engine and four-speed manual transmission. Early 1950’s transporter had bright two-tone colors and hauled up to nine persons in its brick-shaped body. It only had 30-horsepower engine. During early 1950, American cars weren’t fast, and many publications recognized the practicality of the strange new Volkswagen. Volkswagen steadily improved its minivan.

The fourth generation Volkswagen minivan was named as Euro van in 1993. Euro van was the first minivan with the engine up front. But it just had 109-horsepower five-cylinder engine. Due to low engine capacity, sales went down drastically. Euro van was again revised in 1999 with an engine capacity of 140-horsepower V6. But 2001 model got a new 201 horsepower V6, making it seem almost like a hot rod. Continue reading ‘Factors of 2001 Volkswagen Euro van’ »