Vanagon EuroVan
Previous messageNext messagePrevious in topicNext in topicPrevious by same authorNext by same authorPrevious page (January 2009, week 2)Back to main VANAGON pageJoin or leave VANAGON (or change settings)ReplyPost a new messageSearchProportional fontNon-proportional font
Date:         Sun, 11 Jan 2009 10:15:02 -0500
Reply-To:     Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
Subject:      Re: VW concept van at MotorTrend Car show in San Jose
Comments: To: Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@YAHOO.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <431366.3008.qm@web51509.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed

Hi Anthony,

I was always amused that VW named a vehicle after a tribe whose name roughly translates as "the God-forsaken ones".

One more sign that they are truly asleep at the wheel.

Anthony Egeln wrote: > Scott, > > I believe it to be pronounced "Twah-regg". > > I once saw a TV special on its namesake North African tribesmen...nomadic, fierce fighters....people you don't want to challenge to a knife fight. > > Cheers, Anthony > '89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo) > > --- On Sat, 1/10/09, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote: > From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> > Subject: Re: VW concept van at MotorTrend Car show in San Jose > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: Saturday, January 10, 2009, 3:20 PM > > Sorta boring they're bringing out that name - Lupo , again. > Nothing THAT wrong with that name though........at least it's easily > pronouncible. > > I thinnk VW is a bit 'name chanllenged' ......... > Take ' t o u a r e g' ............there vowels in a row ? > how do you pronounce that ? ............... 'too ah reg' ? I have > never > actually heard the name spoken anywhere. > My tendency is to just call or spell it 'tour egg'. > That's almost like they didn't research the name well for all cultures, > and > ended up with a name that means Outhouse or something equally clueless in > some cultures. > " Hey honey........take the Outhouse and pick up the kids woulda please > !" > > I thought 'Imrpesza' for a car name was a bit cheesy as it's a > too-close > adaptation of 'impressive' .........but > that name seems to work just fine after 10 years or so. Plus we usually > just call them WRX's now, or STi's, if it's the right version.And > at least > there's no doubt on how to pronounce Impreza. > > Back to VW .........to start a whole movement and craze with the VW Rabbit > car in the 70's........brilliant, but then turn around and call it a > 'golf'...... > what the heck is that about ??? Why not call it the Golf Ball, or the > Baseball. > And now, some 30 years later............they have a Rabbit car again in the > showrooms. > > I'd like to see names like the " BelchFire Thunderbolt' brought > back. Or the > RustFast. > now that I really like !! > Free Government Financing on all 2008 RustFasts in stock ! > > I've always known consumerism is stupid...........just tears up the > plaent > and spreads a few toys around - like humans really need that. > I had hoped they'd learn a lesson with this recent crash.......... > but no.........the gov is going to GIVE money to the toy makers, ( autmotive > manufactureers ) so they can keep making more and more toys, to create > 'jobs' ........ > Apprently they have not really learned anything yet - and are digging the > same hole yet deeper. > Picture a entire planet that's a dead zone, covered over in shiny new > unsold > cars. Will humans *ever* wake up ? One wonders. > > But give me a good old fashioned not-insanely-electronic and > computer-controlled RustFast any ole day, and I'll be happy. > Or a decent Vanagon.........now THERE is a logica,l well though-out not too > complicated machine. > Get around that stupid head gasket issue and low power...........and it's > the perfect vehicle. > At least the sun is out for a change - yay ! > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Akiba" <syncrolist@BOSTIG.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:07 PM > Subject: Re: VW concept van at MotorTrend Car show in San Jose > > >> The vast majority of all automotive exterior design work is done in >> California now, this is across all big makers, so it won't be dieter >> and fritz >> >> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 5:12 PM, B Feddish <bfeddish@netreach.net> > wrote: >>> Oh, geez. Look at the name they are going to give it, and you thought >>> Routan >>> was bad: >>> http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080225.015/vw-up-to-be-named-lupo-in-2011 > . >>> Good article. I can imagine the boardroom meeting where this car was >>> designed. >>> >>> Fritz: "Dieter, you were supposed to work all weekend designing > our new >>> car >>> though it looks like you were at the bar all weekend." >>> Dieter: -Glancing out the window, unshaven- "Ya Ya, I have the > design." >>> Fritz: "Well can you describe it?" >>> Dieter: "Um, yeah its got this rear engine see, and it has um, > yeah, this >>> really curved body, and it um, seats four, and gets good gas mileage, > and >>> is >>> inexpensive. Yeah that's it". >>> Fritz: "Brilliant! Nobody ever thought of that before! Lets > convert the >>> Phaeton plant over to building these. Get me a copy of that Ben Pon >>> napkin; >>> I wonder if there are any other vehicles we can build here at > VW?" >>> :) >>> >>> Bryan >>> > > > > >

-- Happy Trails,

Greg Potts 1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato" 1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop www.busesofthecorn.com www.pottsfamily.ca


Back to: Top of message | Previous page | Main VANAGON page

Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!


Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com


The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.

Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.