>Slight alteration to the text below: > >All the first generation Passats were inexplicably called Dashers here >in the US (I owned 3 of the NA diesels). The second generations were >given the slightly less annoying label, Quantum. The third generation >on Passats for some reason have all been curiously called Passats (I >owned a '96 tdi). Actually the Santana/Quantum is a first-generation Passat, not second. The car received a couple of facelifts during its lifetime. And in fact all are merely rebadged Audi 80/90s... -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin New Zealand Fossil preparator <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut HUMANITY: THE ULTIMATE VON NEUMANN MACHINE DEMOCRACY: RULE BY THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR |
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