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On 11 Oct 2005 at 18:30, Kevin Guarnotta wrote: > What is the difference between a variant and a squareback? Is it the same > thing-just a different tag depending on the country? Originally marketed in Europe as the Variant. The name got changed only for the North American market when it started getting imported here in '66. There are various reasons suggested as to why the name change. Some believe that it was to avoid confusion with the Valiant. I suspect that VWoA just didn't want to try to sell the American public on something that sounded "different" or non-conformist, which Variant certainly does. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~