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<x-charset windows-1255>Well, Porsche used to have a model call the S90 or Super 90 (61-63 I think). Maybe they figured the people interested in German cars would be have a favorable reaction to the name. I know that my mind made the association. It's a stretch though. Jim Showker ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Baum" <daniel@type34.info> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 7:26 AM Subject: Re: [T3] SB with IV engine--was Wasser engine > I can understand that for some obscure marketing reason VW thought that > Americans would be more likely to buy a car called a Rabbit that a Golf > (must be some strange facet of the Americans' psyche), but why on earth > would they change "75" to "S90"? > > Daniel > > > > > On Fri, 2005-02-25 at 05:46, Daniel Baum wrote: > >> Here's an interesting site, apparently with all the Audi models from 1965 > >> to > >> today. I remember the Audi 80 and 100 of the early seventies, but I don't > >> remember the earlier ones at all. > >> > >> http://www.audipassion.com/univers_audi/patrimoine/audi_1965/60/index.php > >> > >> Of course it confuses matters that some of these (and all of the VWs) had > >> different names in the US to the rest of the world. > >> > >> Daniel > >> > > Mine was a 1969 Audi 75 Variant as shown on this site. In the States, it > > was sold as an S90 > > http://www.audipassion.com/univers_audi/patrimoine/audi_1965/75/index.php > > -- > > Russ Wolfe > > '71 FB AT > > '66 FB MT > > '64 T34 (not running) > > '65 T1 (not running) > > '05 KIA Sorento SUV > > russw@classicvw.org > > http://www.classicvw.org > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > > > > </x-charset>