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The first occasion it was used was on the Type 3 estate (=station wagon). Squareback came in when they started exporting them to the States. They couldn't call them station wagons as the Type 2 was called that. The 411 and 412 station wagon was also badged Variant. USA cars have not been badged Variant or Squareback, though literature does refer to it as a Squareback (but you knew that!). VW still use it for the station wagon version, on Golf and Passat. The name was applied because the body style was simply a variation on the saloon (sedan) body. They couldn't differentiate with the engine size as they had done with the Beetle, 1200, 1300 so they named it instead. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org