shauns@vice.UUCP (Shaun Simpkins) (08/03/84)
Apparently, VW named its European release autos after tradewinds and currents.
The Dasher in Europe was known as the Passant (trade wind)
The Rabbit as the Golf (as in Golf(gulf) stream)
The Scirocco as the Scirocco (hot desert wind).
Perhaps someone could ask a VW executive? The idea of the Golf being named
after a rich man's game seems a little inconsistent in light of the above
info - IF Germans actually spell gulf golf.
The wandering squash,
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Shaun Simpkins
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