Re: [T3] SB with IV engine--was Wasser engine

[Jens Vagelpohl <jens@type4.org>]

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On Feb 23, 2005, at 20:52, Russ Wolfe wrote:
> The assemble line was turned over to the Dasher, not the Passat. The
> Passat didn't start until later. Dasher, Quantum, Passat.

It's interesting how the US market seems to have gotten strange product 
names for a lot of VWs, which eventually reverted back to the "real" 
names used in other markets. It seems those names were used as a kind 
of marketing tool to try and increase sales.

The *reverse example* for that is the Jetta, which is on its third name 
here in Germany. It's seen as a stodgy old peoples' car, and the name 
changes were probably done to try and shed that image. Not so in the 
US, where the Jetta continues to be the best seller in the lineup...

jens

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