Not sure that's completely true. Brickyard the English example. 

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On Nov 20, 2015, at 4:22 PM, Pat Spragge/RFAN <Pat.Spragge@rfan.com> wrote:

> No...the 240 Volvo's are the official 'Bricks" 
> 
> 
> Pat 
> 
> 
> 
> From:        T Collins <tonycollin@GMAIL.COM> 
> To:        vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM 
> Date:        11/20/2015 12:55 PM 
> Subject:        Re: Friday--Do we drive Bugs? 
> Sent by:        Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> 
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> 
> bricks they are!
> 
> I was making a run of stickers "Aerodynamic like a Brick" With the drag
> coefficient on it...
> 
> Any interest in these?
> 
> just saying geeky fun!
> 
> T.
> 
> On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 3:45 PM, Chris Szpejankowski <
> szpejankowski@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > My youngest one calls all VW buses 'brick bugs'.  So we play ' brick bug
> > no brick back'.
> >
> > Wysłane z iPhone'a
> >
> > Dnia 20.11.2015 o godz. 13:21 Larry Alofs <lalofs@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a):
> >
> > > Twice in the past couple of months I have heard a vanagon referred to as
> > a
> > > "Bug".  As in "Nice Bug!" or "What are you going to do with those two
> > Bugs
> > > parked out back?"
> > >
> > > I was someewhat taken aback, but did not object.  Is this common usage?
> > > Maybe only here in the Midwest?
> > >
> > > Larry A.
> >
>