Date:         Thu, 11 Jan 2001 12:10:02 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Mexico/Vanagon report-Guadalajara/Puerto Vallarta
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>Thank you for the informative reply. I thought the Santana name had also
>been used on the 4-door sedan version of the second generation Passat in
>Europe, at least in the UK.

Yes, and it's a slightly-modified Audi 90. The early Passat (=Dasher) was a
rebadged Audi 80 (=Fox in USA, Australia and also some were sold as Fox in
Britain).

Most manufacturers sell cars under more than one name; it's called
badge-engineering. In Japan the same car model is often sold by several
different dealership chains, and each chain will have a different name, up
to at least 4 names for one model. Here we get all of these as secondhand
imports from Japan, PLUS the locally-badged versions.

It's a constant source of confusion.

I believe someone posted that the VW pickup in Europe IS a Toyota. I wonder
if the front-engined Toyota "Hiace" sold there is a rebadged VW T4?



Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
VW & mollusc nut
1984 VW Caravelle (currently SVX engine; waiting for a Porsche trans)
1985 Mitsubishi Galant Sigma 2.0 (FWD), for sale
1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel (extaxi)
1989 CE96 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel wagon
1989 CT170 Toyota Corona Select 2.0 diesel (taxi)