Sorta boring they're bringing out that name - Lupo , again.
Nothing THAT wrong with that name though........at least it's easily
pronouncible.

I thinnk VW is a bit 'name chanllenged' .........
Take ' t o u a r e g' ............there vowels in a row ?
how do you pronounce that ? ............... 'too ah reg' ?  I have never
actually heard the name spoken anywhere.
My tendency is to just call or spell it 'tour egg'.
That's almost like they didn't research the name well for all cultures, and
ended up with a name that means Outhouse  or something equally clueless in
some cultures.
" Hey honey........take the Outhouse and pick up the kids woulda please !"

I thought 'Imrpesza' for a car name was a bit cheesy as it's a too-close
adaptation of 'impressive' .........but
that name seems to work just fine after 10 years or so.  Plus we usually
just call them WRX's now, or STi's,  if it's the right version.And at least
there's no doubt on how to pronounce  Impreza.

Back to VW .........to start a whole movement and craze with the VW Rabbit
car in the 70's........brilliant, but then turn around and call it a
'golf'......
what the heck is that about ???  Why not call it the Golf Ball, or the
Baseball.
And now, some 30 years later............they have a Rabbit car again in the
showrooms.

I'd like to see names like the " BelchFire Thunderbolt' brought back. Or the
RustFast.
now that I really like !!
Free Government Financing on all 2008 RustFasts in stock !

I've  always known  consumerism is stupid...........just tears up the plaent
and spreads a few toys around - like humans really need that.
I had hoped they'd learn a lesson with this recent crash..........
but no.........the gov is going to GIVE money to the toy makers, ( autmotive
manufactureers ) so they can keep making more and more toys, to create
'jobs' ........
Apprently they have not really learned anything yet - and are digging the
same hole yet deeper.
Picture a entire planet that's a dead zone, covered over in shiny new unsold
cars.  Will humans *ever* wake up ? One wonders.

But give me a good old fashioned not-insanely-electronic and
computer-controlled RustFast any ole day, and I'll be happy.
Or a decent Vanagon.........now THERE is a logica,l well though-out not too
complicated machine.
Get around that stupid head gasket issue and low power...........and it's
the perfect vehicle.
At least the sun is out for a change - yay !

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Akiba" <syncrolist@BOSTIG.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: VW concept van at MotorTrend Car show in San Jose

> The vast majority of all automotive exterior design work is done in
> California now, this is across all big makers, so it won't be dieter
> and fritz
>
> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 5:12 PM, B Feddish <bfeddish@netreach.net> wrote:
>> Oh, geez. Look at the name they are going to give it, and you thought
>> Routan
>> was bad:
>> http://www.worldcarfans.com/9080225.015/vw-up-to-be-named-lupo-in-2011 .
>>
>> Good article. I can imagine the boardroom meeting where this car was
>> designed.
>>
>> Fritz: "Dieter, you were supposed to work all weekend designing our new
>> car
>> though it looks like you were at the bar all weekend."
>> Dieter: -Glancing out the window, unshaven- "Ya Ya, I have the design."
>> Fritz: "Well can you describe it?"
>> Dieter: "Um, yeah its got this rear engine see, and it has um, yeah, this
>> really curved body, and it um, seats four, and gets good gas mileage, and
>> is
>> inexpensive. Yeah that's it".
>> Fritz: "Brilliant! Nobody ever thought of that before! Lets convert the
>> Phaeton plant over to building these. Get me a copy of that Ben Pon
>> napkin;
>> I wonder if there are any other vehicles we can build here at VW?"
>>
>> :)
>>
>> Bryan
>>