On Mon, 11 Mar 1996, Joe Fournier wrote:
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>I always wondered about them, simply because of their name. Who would name
>a company MOFO, CO? Had to live through the '70s for this to have meaning.

The company's actually been around for awhile. The name is short for MOtors FOr
COmpetition.

I must admit, however, that, when growing up in east-central Wisconsin,
part of the VW mystique was associated with that name: "Where you goin',
Mofoco?" :)

David Schimpf
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