Date:         Fri, 12 Jul 2013 18:27:33 -0400
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Friday VW trivia
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At 05:52 PM 7/12/2013, Jim Felder wrote:
>Volkswagen was a later name for the "kleinauto" (small car) that Dr Porsche
>invented. The original name was the KdF-wagen, which stood for

You say "invented" -- Tatra's suit against Porsche for copying the
Tatra T97 was interrupted by The War, but in 1967 VWAG paid Tatra DM
3,000,000 to settle the matter.

Yrs,
d

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