Sadly, my dad didn’t support my idea, holding that the beautiful thing would be ‘unsafe to drive’ (at least for someone of my age and driving experience at the time), and difficult to maintain and repair. After a
good fight I reluctantly let go of my exciting fixer-upper ideas,
practically deciding that it was for the best; that one would no doubt go to an ideal home, and had been my inspiration for someday finding the perfect VW Bus for me and making it my very own.

So, now, for years I’ve been lamenting the fact that there’s nothing
being made that’s comparable to the VW buses. I’d absolutely love to one day acquire an old one, maybe convert it to electric…but to be able to get a new, improved, modern one that’s just like the near-perfect old ones in most ways WOULD be pretty amazing, no?

I have to say that I LOVE “boxy” vehicles. The boxfish is one of my favorite creatures on the planet. And I love the Scion xB, Kia Soul, Honda Element, and quite a lot of other things I’ve seen with unique and recognizable shapes and styles. Just two months ago I got a new car, and had wanted a Nissan Cube. Once again on my dad’s well-researched opinion, I wound up with my beloved metallic lime green Ford Fiesta for certain reasons. But anyway, point being, I LIKE the look of that new thing–it’s just that it looks like a variation of some other modern
vehicles, not a VW bus. But for the logo on the front, I wouldn’t even imagine that that’s what it’s trying to be. I like this idea very much and hope it gets made. The idea of making significantly more environmentally-friendly vehicles practical to purchase and use appeals to me a great deal. Electricity, hybridism, solar power, biofuel–I eagerly await the future development and spread of it all!

But again, they ought to essentially recreate the old buses/vans! The pop-tops, the different styles…that’s what I really want, anyway. Having it new and improved and so enviro-friendly would be a super bonus. I don’t want to judge this prematurely, because as I said, I don’t dislike it at all. It just doesn’t look different enough from a more average vehicle, now that I really look…it’s not what you expect to see when you hear of a new/returned/updated VW bus. Having seen photos of the interior, I have to say, it’s simply NOT one at all…or definitely doesn’t appear to be. I’m certainly delighted that they’re in the process of bringing them back, and in electric form, but, they need to keep working…