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I've also read that it was felt that 'Variant' was too similar to 'Valiant,' as though there was any mistaking the two! Andre > 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 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org