Hi Anthony,

I was always amused that VW named a vehicle after a tribe whose name
roughly translates as "the God-forsaken ones".

One more sign that they are truly asleep at the wheel.

Anthony Egeln wrote:
> Scott,
>
> I believe it to be pronounced "Twah-regg".
>
> I once saw a TV special on its namesake North African tribesmen...nomadic, fierce fighters....people you don't want to challenge to a knife fight.
>
> Cheers, Anthony
> '89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)
>
> --- On Sat, 1/10/09, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote:
> From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
> Subject: Re: VW concept van at MotorTrend Car show in San Jose
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Saturday, January 10, 2009, 3:20 PM
>
> 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
>>>
>
>
>
>
>

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