Embarrassed to even ask but...
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Embarrassed to even ask but...
Its become a question that has been troubling me for some time but I've put off asking for fear of :twisted: :redfaced: :twisted:
But why did VW call my car a Golf??? (sounding like a 7 year old, but no other way to put it)
By way of atonement I attach a link to some rather fetching cosmetically enhanced lovelies
Trailer IBERGRENNEN 2007 - YouTube
for those who have not seen it.
But why did VW call my car a Golf??? (sounding like a 7 year old, but no other way to put it)
By way of atonement I attach a link to some rather fetching cosmetically enhanced lovelies
Trailer IBERGRENNEN 2007 - YouTube
for those who have not seen it.
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They had a bit of a "wind" fixation in the 80's and 90's hence the scirocco, bora and probably others I cannot rememeber.. :mrgreen:
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So Golfstrom or Gulf-stream to us, became Golf. Thanking you. I wont ask how that then became Rabbit!!
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Rabbit was just a buzz word ;-)
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mk1jim said
Rabbit was just a buzz word ;-)
A bit of blue for the dads :wink: :wink:
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Dubster82 said
So Golfstrom or Gulf-stream to us, became Golf. Thanking you. I wont ask how that then became Rabbit!!
Ooh, I love factlets like this! Thanks for the info.
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Golf, polo, scirocco are all names of winds. Touareg is a tribe, tiguan was put to the public vote in germany, and is a cross betweem tiger and iguana, eos is the daughter of the sun god helios, and thats all i can remember at the moment.
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