Uh, Joy?

That's  VW that is using that name for a Porsche designed SUV they sell [why
and to whom I don't know]

Maybe they're the ancient Britons and remember dyeing themselves blue?

Went to the desert to get warm.

Mike

On 3/12/04 12:26 PM, "Joy Hecht" <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU> wrote:

> But the Touareg get around on camels, not VWs of any sort.  They are
> sometimes known as the "men in blue" because the men ride across the desert
> on their camels in blue robes with their heads wrapped in blue turbans.
>
> However, they are not totally committed to traditional ways.  (Actually,
> they'd probably drop all of their traditional ways if they had the money to
> try anything else.)  I've heard caravans of Touareg traders cross the
> Nigerien bush in the cool of night  - smoking cigarettes and listening to
> boom boxes.  Hooking up those double batteries on a camel is really tricky,
> too.
>
> And they should definitely get royalties from Toyota for the use of their
> name, IMHO.
>
>
>
> Joy
>
> -----Original Message-----
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>
>
> Sounds like you are saying the name wrong!  Probably because you are
> spelling it wrong - TOUAREG.
>
> The Touareg are a group of nomadic people in Africa - the Paris Dakar Rallye
> logo is an image of a Touareg - pronounced too-a-reg with the a being very
> soft.
>
> The Touareg people endure all extremes and can go anywhere.  I kind of like
> the name that VW choose for the vehicle.   It goes with all their other
> African names, Scirocco, Corrado.. etc...
>
> In a few years I think I will buy a Touareg - I can't afford a new one.  The
> Touareg is only real alternative to the Syncro if you don't mind loosing
> some interior space and gaining a lot of creature comforts.
>
> David Marshall
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> -----Original Message-----
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>
> In a message dated 3/12/04 9:59:33 AM Eastern Standard Time, gull@GULL.US
> writes:
>
>
>> 1. Charade
>> 2. Gremlin
>> 3. Citation
>> 4. Aspire
>>
>>
>>
>
> id like to add "Toureg" to that list.     sounds like "toe rag"  and its a
> rather stupid name if you ask me..
> chris
>
>