I've always wondered also. This depends on pronunciation: I always thought it was sort of a play on words. I pronounce it sort of like "van again" but with the last syllable shortened, as I think many people do. It sounds to me like "van again" as in "they made a van again", since it was a bit different looking than the T1 and T2. Maybe that's stretching it... The other explanations sound good. -Hans ----- Original Message ----- From: "Detroit Bus" <detroit.bus@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 4:43 PM Subject: Re: Vanagon etymology
> Jim, I've never heard that analysis, but it is certainly more creative > than what I've always thought, that its just a combination of "van" > and "station wagon" (the official American name of the original VW > bus....) > > I actually quite like that. > > Garrick > > > On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 15:22:17 -0600, Jim Felder <felder@knology.net> wrote: > > > > > > The vanagon name is an interesting one, anybody with some good insight > > > on > > > how vw came up with it? > > > > > I always figured it was to create a name for a unique shape, like > > pentagon, octagon... vanagon. It does have a distinctive shape, and it > > is rather rectilinear. > > > > Vanagon = dimensional locomotive solid with parallel opposite sides, > > the volume of various liquids required to fill it being inversely > > proportional to the amount of money spent on it divided by time spent > > underneath it minus parts scrounged for it. > > > > Don't think outside the box, think under it. > > > > Jim > > > > > -- > Garrick, Queens, NY > '87 GL Weekender > > ***** > With fond remembrances of: > '77 Beetle > '67 Bus > '59 Pickup sn# 460440 > '67 Beetle > '76 Camper Bus > |
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