Volkswagen, bless its huarache-sandal soul, has been making van-cab and mini-bed trucklets for ages. Type 2 pickups were actually selling well enough on this side of the pond until the Chicken Tax was enacted in 1963.Volkswagen, bless its huarache-sandal soul, has been making van-cab and mini-bed trucklets for ages. Type 2 pickups were actually selling well enough on this side of the pond until the Chicken Tax was enacted in 1963. With the resulting 25 percent price premium, the allure of wheezing a couple of wheelbarrow loads of compost around the village with just 42 air-cooled horsepower waned, along with Type 2 pickup sales.

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Photo Gallery: Volkswagen Tristar TDI Concept Pickup

Photo Gallery: Volkswagen Tristar TDI Concept Pickup



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