Date:         Sat, 13 Mar 2004 17:19:41 +1300
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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>If you really want to hear an ugly name, consider Passat (not Anwar)
>
>or Touareg (as opposed to the federal variety). VW's naming component is
>truly bizarre.

True. The 700s names were a bit odd (Golf meaning "gulf as in a huge
bay; Scirocco for a desert wind, Polo as in probably not the game,
Passat means WHAT?).

But Touareg (meaning to sound like it's tough?) and Vamnagon are bad.

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