Date:         Sun, 29 Jul 2001 18:18:05 -0400
Reply-To:     "Christopher T. Berchin" <ctb1@PEOPLEPC.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Christopher T. Berchin" <ctb1@PEOPLEPC.COM>
Subject:      SEAT Car
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I'm just catching up after a while away from the computer and saw the post
about the SEAT cars.  Yes, I have seen many Seats.  As one listee said, they
used to be Spanish Fiats.  Now that VW has purchased the company, they share
most of their parts with VW cars.  Many call Seats "VW's with Spanish
flair."  The Ibiza Cupra R is quite a nice car, from what I read, as are the
other hot Seats (say "Say-ott").  Also remember that VW owns Skoda as well -
many call those "VW's with Czech flair."  (Hmmm...I think they are
Czech...my mind is slipping.)  Either way, Czech engineering was apparently
leading-edge until the Iron Curtain came down.  You can see the current
Skoda Octavia competing in the World Rally Championship on Speedvision.

The arms of VW are many...  : )

Chris