The best posting/writeup I've read onthe differences between
the two is herre:

   http://www.gowesty.com/library_article.php?id=98

I've owned both.. which one did I keep?  Well that's
easy, the Syncro westy!

The EVMVWK was very cool for point to point road
trips with the kids, but we always took the Syncro Westy
for most jaunts, esp when we needed the benefits of
the 4wd (winter skiing and or road trips, summer off
roading in the mtns)

The EV was more used in lieu of a Motel on road trips
and thats about it.

For the size of the vehicle, it really should be able to
carry 8 passengers (not just 7)

that was the deal killer for us, often we'd want to
go along with another family, and just take one
vehicle.  Not enough seatbelts for the kiddoes..

VW should have came up with a rear facing
'jump seat' that had some sort of fold away
pass through (for the EVMVWK package)

I know,.. the regular EV could carry more,
but then you dont have the poptop.

It's definitely more 'lux' than a Vanagon
though, (road noise, A/C, highway crusing speeds
etc:)

Has anyone really measured the effective dB
reduction they've achieved by doing a full out
soundproofing jihad on their vanagon?

This is the one area I'd like to work on with
mine.

 -tim

90 syncro westy
gilbert, az
www.timschneider.org