Westfalia Columbus 540D’s interior<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nCurrently, Roadtrek offers nearly a dozen models based on the Ram ProMaster, with the Play Slumber and Zion Slumber sporting Westfalia\u2019s classic pop-top sleeping lofts. Westfalia also offers the Westfalia Columbus in Europe, a model based on the Ram ProMaster\u2019s identical cousin, the Fiat Ducato. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The two vehicles were jointly developed, but have some notable differences, with the maximum payload weight for the Ram ProMaster coming in at 5,145 pounds, along with a maximum towing weight of 5,100 pounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the Ram ProMaster\u2019s 3.6-liter V6, maximum gross combined weight is 11,500 pounds, while the Fiat Ducato\u2019s 3.0-liter diesel has a maximum gross combined weight of 12,500 pounds. But the Fiat Ducato\u2019s maximum payload is only 3,472 pounds.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And while the Ducato is built in Italy, the Ram ProMaster is built in Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nevertheless, the return of Westfalia should be welcome news to those who spent their youth roaming America in one. The love affair is about to be rekindled. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Move aside Scout. Another old brand name is returning to the U.S. market for 2024: Westfalia. Get details at TheDetroitBureau.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13752,"featured_media":247471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7,8,2648,1347,9],"tags":[7244,12112,12113,12114,12111],"make":[],"post-state":[],"category_old":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247476"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13752"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247476"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":247484,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247476\/revisions\/247484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247476"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=247476"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=247476"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=247476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}