[Vwdiesel] VW Lupo Age Query for Mark or anyone !

[82 Diesel Westy]

James, I have seen about 3 of these in the past year,
east coast.  Looks like a Jetta to me, ??? Bora??

Any help anyone.

Bryan


--- James Hansen <jhsg at sasktel.net> wrote:

> I was wondering about this.  I passed a Bora on the
> freeway while in
> vancouver... but I guess you could always just
> rebadge a Jetta...
> It had BC plates.
> -James
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com
> [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com]On
> Behalf Of Area31 Research Facility
> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 6:39 AM
> To: Mike & Coreen Smith; vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] VW Lupo Age Query for Mark
> or anyone !
> 
> 
> Mike,
> 
> I'm a little confused.  Who prevents one from
> purchasing any damn car abroad
> they desire and paying all the taxes (which can get
> pretty expensive) and
> bringing it in to Canada?  You must be talking about
> only the cars allowed
> in WITHOUT taxes due to so called Free-Trade.
> 
> I know that in order to actually liscense a foregn
> car it must be compliant
> with Canadian emission and safety requirements but
> cars are imported by
> private citizens and then modified as the law
> requires all the time. In this
> regard, I would think newer cars will more likely be
> compliant as found than
> the older ones.
> 
> A car would not need compliance to sit in a
> collector's private display like
> a museum.
> 
> Rob
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike & Coreen Smith" <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca>
> To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 8:16 AM
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] VW Lupo Age Query for Mark
> or anyone !
> 
> 
> > Hi Hagar et al.
> > Still going to be way too new for the North
> American Market I'm afraid :-(
> > Newest we can import here (from anywhere) is built
> before August 1990
> >
> > 45kms= ~ 27.9 miles
> > 1 liter=0.21978 gallons (imp)
> > 27.9/0.21978 = 126.945MPG (imp)
> >
> > Even a SMART car 799cc Diesel won't do that kind
> of mileage ~!~! (I think
> > they top out @ 80MPG with a feather foot)
> >
> > Mike in Lobster Land
> >
> >
> > Mike, Coreen & Corey Smith
> > 699 Rte 616 Keswick Ridge
> > NB
> > Canada
> > E6L 1T1
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "H . Hagar." <h_hagar at prcn.org>
> > To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 11:35 PM
> > Subject: [Vwdiesel] VW Lupo Age Query for Mark or
> anyone !
> >
> >
> > > Interesting lil wee car that Lupo !
> > > Cheers,
> > > Mike
> > >
> > >
> > > Here comes Hagar anyone. :      Mike in Lobster
> Land   I talked to my
> Lupo
> > friend in
> > > Denmark  today for about two hours about the
> Lupo.
> > >
> > > More to come stay TUNED.  ---- figure out 45 Km
> on a Litre for
> > me ---first.
> > >
> > > Hagar.
> > >
> > > PS : The guy was a compulsory write down type
> --just like Hagar.   It
> > started as Arosa in
> > > 1997 mar. name changed to Lupo   and production
> was stopped a couple of
> > months ago.
> > >
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Bryan Belman, Pt Pleasant, NJ
04 Jetta Wagon TDI PD, 100hp, 5sp
Rebuilding 82 Diesel Weekender from my old rusty 82 Westy 1.9NA
90 Audi 200, 2.2L Turbo FWD
70 Type 1 stock Beetle