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Originally Posted by freebeard
The Type II were unibody. Toyota shipped pickups with the bed not bolted down and completed construction at the loading dock (maybe not literally). VW didn't have that option.
Once they had established a market, they build the local factory.
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VW could have build the Type II in the USA - they chose not to. They could also have also shipped in knock down kits - they chose not to.
Both Ford and Mercedes have managed to ship in unibody vans in a way to avoid the Chicken Tax. Both have since switched to building the vehicles in North America because Knock-Down Kits only make sense in low volume.