Simon Glen <simonglen@BIGPOND.COM> wrote:

> The vehicles seen in Mexico with "Pointer" labels on them are not Golfs
> or Jettas but are Brazilian-made VW "Gol" and "Parati" vehicles
> re-labelled as VW "Pointer" for the Mexican market.   The
> Gol-Parati-Pointer (whatever they are called) cars, wagons and pick-ups
> are vastly different from the Golf and Jetta.  They are marginally
> smaller than the Golf and Jetta (Bora) but bigger than the VW Polo.
> But, most significantly, in the Gol-Parati-Pointer range the engines are
> fitted in a North-South direction while the Golf-Jetta range engines are
> fitted in an East-West direction.

Is the Gol-Parati-Pointer a newer version of the Brazilian wagons and sedans
VW sold in the US in the late 1980s and early 1990s as the Fox model?

Zach Kaplan