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Subject:Re: VW Sharon
From:David Brodbeck
Date:Tue, 26 Aug 2003 08:49:30 -0400

On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, tp wrote:

> The Touran is a new model and is completely unrelated to the
> VW Sharan, which is also sold in Europe as the Ford Galaxy
> and SEAT Alhambra.

Has Ford been using the Galaxy name all along in Europe, or did they just
bring it back?  They used to sell a car named the Galaxy in the U.S. in
the 60's.  I've been wondering if they'd bring the name back to cash in on
the same name-nostalgia market as the Chevy Impala.

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Diesel Westfalia
'94 Honda Civic Si