Nostalgia is part of it, but more importantly, Ford still owns the rights to the Galaxy name - saves a bundle on searches and registration, etc. Karl Wolz -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Donald Baxter Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 6:28 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: VW Sharon Ford has been using the Galaxy name in Europe for this minivan since the inception of the joint venture with VW--so it has no "retro" panache there. Ford is bring the "500" part of the "Galaxie 500" back to the US for their Taurus replacement due in a year or so in the United States. DB
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Brodbeck" <gull@GULL.US> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 7:49 AM Subject: Re: VW Sharon
> On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, tp wrote: > > > The Touran is a new model and is completely unrelated to the > > VW Sharan, which is also sold in Europe as the Ford Galaxy > > and SEAT Alhambra. > > Has Ford been using the Galaxy name all along in Europe, or did they just > bring it back? They used to sell a car named the Galaxy in the U.S. in > the 60's. I've been wondering if they'd bring the name back to cash in on > the same name-nostalgia market as the Chevy Impala. > > > David Brodbeck, N8SRE > '82 Diesel Westfalia > '94 Honda Civic Si |
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