Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 08:57:16 -0700

From: David Harnick-Shapiro david[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]SHEILA-NA-GIG.ICS.UCI.EDU

Subject: Re: Minivan



On Mon, 11 Aug 1997 21:05, "Barry A. Popik" quotes:



Playboy, November 1984, page 112, has, "Volkwagen of Germany created the

minivan in 1949, at least a decade before America though up the bigger ones.

(...) Unfortunately for VW, though, Chrysler has invented the American

minivan--Dodge Caravan and Plymouth Voyager--and has done an absolutely

bang-up job of it."



Wasn't it called a "VW micro-bus"?



(I wasn't driving in the 60s, much less 1949, but I do have vague

memories of micro-bus being used. On the other hand, I am positive

that my memory has been contaminated by the usage in Arlo Guthrie's

``Alice's Restaurant''.)



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David Harnick-Shapiro david[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ics.uci.edu

Information and Computer Science

University of California, Irvine