David Schimpf wrote:

>>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 always thought it might be a pun. Jabble it around obverse-wise a little
and it's FOMOCO, which is Ford Motor Company. Early VWs could justly be
considered to be mirror-image early Fords.

OK, it's a weak pun, and this is a weaker theory. ;)