What's in a name?

[WALTEE <WALTEE@prodigy.net>]

This is for anyone fluent in German- a translation, possibly?
I have an old VW sales brochure, printed in German, of the '71 VW model
line (Das VW-Programm). I was wondering about some of the terms used.
The cabriolets- the 1302 and 1302S are called "Kafer" with an umlat
(sp?) over the "a". Any English word for "Kafer"? Ghia's are called
"Karmann Ghia Coupe' und Cabriolet" which is pretty self explanatory,
but the Type III's are another story. They're called VW 1600 in the
brochure, but in German it reads "Stufenheck, FliebBheck, oder Variant".
Variant seems to be common, and I was told that "Stufenheck" means
step-back, or notch-back and that "FlieBheck" (my "B", it actually looks
different) means fast-back. Is this right?  For short, would it be
"stufen" or "stufe"? I've heard it both ways, but "mein stufe" would fit
on a plate, and "mein stufen" wouldn't. Verstehen Sie?
David Walters
'73 Stufenheck