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Unless you want a detailed explanation, I'll put it simply... A european or German Squareback is a Variant. Even today if you were to purchase a Passat wagon in Germany you would be getting what would be labeled a Passat Variant. Variant = Squareback...or today...Stationwagen sort of like Saloon = Sedan Cabriolet = Convertable Duane ----- Original Message ----- From: "fess" <fess-vwtype3.org@fess.org> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 1:54 PM Subject: [T3] The term Variant > > So are all Squarebacks also called Variant? or just some of them. > > What is the meaning or history of this term? > > I notice that searching the web, for VW Variants, a whole lot of > cars show up that seem to have been referred to as a Variant, > so does it mean something in particular about the body style, > that is the same across VW's? > > > --fess > john fessenden > '71 FI MT square ( in driveway ) > '6? square ( place in my heart. ) > '6? notch ( place in my heart. ) > '67 bug ( in florida with brother ) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > >