ting@fortune.UUCP (07/11/84)
#R:uiucdcs:7700041:fortune:1500041:000:324 fortune!ting Jul 10 13:33:00 1984 Actually, the VW Golf may be really named after the sport. In Germany, there is a smaller VW named Polo. Golf (out side of the U. S.) and polo are considered classy sports played by wealthy people. VW might have wanted to somehow associate these cars with the sports and the people who play them. Henry Ting
guy@rlgvax.UUCP (07/12/84)
The primary purpose for the names for the first four "new-generation" VWs
(for which read "cheaper Audis") was, from what I've heard, to name them
after the four winds:
Passat (Dasher) - "passatwinde" means "trade winds", thus the west
wind
Scirocco - an east wind
Golf - "golf" meaning "gulf" in German, refers to a south wind from
the gulf
Polo - (this one is a bit dodgy) refers to the north wind from the
poles
I guess "Jetta" refers to the jet stream, and "Santana" (Quantum sedan -
"Passat" and "Santana" are like "Golf" and "Jetta") refers to the
guitarist :-).
Anybody have better info on this?
Guy Harris
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