A nice handling and fuel efficient VW minivan would sell well in the US, and that's what matters. People thought that VW selling a 40-50k SUV would be ridiculous, well, it already sells better than the Golf and GTI combined in the US:
http://www.hostdub.com/PanEuropean:2005_YTD_Sales:full
So the Golf, by far VW's bestseller worldwide, is outsold here in the US by a newly introduced luxury SUV with an unpronounceable name. Some markets are very different.
We would buy a Sharan TDI wagon if it were available...
