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Date:         Mon, 8 Jan 2001 11:50:46 -0800
Reply-To:     Zach Kaplan <zakaplan@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         Zach Kaplan <zakaplan@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Mexico/Vanagon report-Guadalajara/Puerto Vallarta
In-Reply-To:  <200101081622.IAA01336@kestrel.prod.itd.earthlink.net>
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Simon Glen <simonglen@BIGPOND.COM> wrote:

> The vehicles seen in Mexico with "Pointer" labels on them are not Golfs > or Jettas but are Brazilian-made VW "Gol" and "Parati" vehicles > re-labelled as VW "Pointer" for the Mexican market. The > Gol-Parati-Pointer (whatever they are called) cars, wagons and pick-ups > are vastly different from the Golf and Jetta. They are marginally > smaller than the Golf and Jetta (Bora) but bigger than the VW Polo. > But, most significantly, in the Gol-Parati-Pointer range the engines are > fitted in a North-South direction while the Golf-Jetta range engines are > fitted in an East-West direction.

Is the Gol-Parati-Pointer a newer version of the Brazilian wagons and sedans VW sold in the US in the late 1980s and early 1990s as the Fox model?

Zach Kaplan


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