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On 18 Jun 2001, at 20:55, Ben Doughney wrote: > on 18/6/2001 3:37 PM, Jim Adney at jadney@vwtype3.org wrote: > > > I believe they were made in Germany right up to the end in model > > year 73. > What was the reason for discontinuing the Type 3's? Increasingly restrictive emissions regulations, particularly for NOx emissions, which the air-cooled cars could not meet. VW just saw the handwriting on the wall and decided to jump into water cooled engines. The Golf/Rabbit and the much less successful Passat/Dasher were introduced in '74. - Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe