Nostalgia is part of it, but more importantly, Ford still owns the
rights to the Galaxy name - saves a bundle on searches and registration,
etc.

Karl Wolz

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Donald Baxter
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 6:28 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: VW Sharon

Ford has been using the Galaxy name in Europe for this minivan since the
inception of the joint venture with VW--so it has no "retro" panache
there.
Ford is bring the "500" part of the "Galaxie 500" back to the US for
their
Taurus replacement due in a year or so in the United States.

DB

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Brodbeck" <gull@GULL.US>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 7:49 AM
Subject: Re: VW Sharon

> 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