Re: What's in a name?

[Kenik Hassel <n9440539@beaker.cc.wwu.edu>]

I'm pretty sure that FlieBhack is a fastback.  But on a pronunciation 
note, the funny "B" you talk about is an old German letter that has been 
replaced in the modern (last 15-20 years) alphabet by the "ss".  The 
actual pronunciation would be Fliessback, or something of the like.  Hope 
it helps.

Kenik Hassel

On Fri, 6 Jun 1997, WALTEE wrote:

> 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
>