Date:         Wed, 24 Feb 1999 19:57:12 -0800
Reply-To:     Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
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From:         Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Eurovan name registered by GM?
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At 10:22 PM 2/24/99, KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote:
>
>Uh, Steve, I hate to tell you this but there already is a GM van called the
>Pontiac Trans Sporter.  It was also called the Chevy Lumina van and I think
>they have changed it to the Montana now or something (I really don't keep with
>GM stuff but I was a valet for a year a few years ago and knew all the models
>back then).
>So maybe VW traded "Transporter" to GM for "Eurovan".  The time frame is
>almost perfect as I believe that the Trans Sporter and the EV were both
>introduced in the early 90's.

        Uhhh...it's the Pontiac TranSport...NOT...Transporter or any other
        perversion of that name.

        And a version of the Pontiac TranSport is called Montana.




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