At 12:00 AM 29/10/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Date:    Tue, 28 Oct 2003 20:37:40 -0800
>From:    Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@TSSGI.COM>
>Subject: Re: Syncro Pritsche?
>
>Actually, Pritschenwagen is generic for a truck.

   Well a flat top truck anyway,not,strictly speaking,a utility.

      Both a single cab and
>double cab are Pritschenwagens.  The word pritsche means pallet, so
>pritschenwagen is a vehicle that carries pallets.

   The double cab is more of a mouthful.It's full proper name is
   "Pritschenwagen mit Doppelkabine"

   You can see why it's shortened to "Doka"... too much of a
   mouthful even for the Germans

   Cheers,
   Steve O
   NSW Australia

   '92 Transporter WBX Kombi
   '00 Transporter Pritschenwagen mit Doppelkabine
   '03 Transporter Pritschenwagen mit Doppelkabine
   ex-'76 Transporter Pritschenwagen mit Doppelkabine

   ;-)