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Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback 65 Squareback 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Canadian" <cndt3@shaw.ca> To: "T3 Mailing List" <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 9:47 PM Subject: Re: [T3] The term Variant > 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 > >