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From: smwilliams@wateng.UUCP (Steve Williams)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: "golf" balls - (nf)
Message-ID: <1134@wateng.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 27-Jun-84 10:31:29 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 27 10:31:29 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 28-Jun-84 02:19:53 EDT
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>The name "golf" has no connection with the game.  Rather, it
>is named after the gulf ("golf" in German)  stream, or at least the
>winds associated with it.  The other cars introduced at
>the same time as the golf, i.e., the "passat" (aka "dasher")
>and the scirroco (sp?) are also named after other winds.

>V.W. was obviously trying to play up their cars' quickness (as in
>"they go like the wind"), but  must have thought that the message
>would be lost here.


Actually, this is incorrect ... the reason that the Golf is so
named and has been so named for a while ( in Europe ) is that the
engines (and recently, also the suspension) are manufactured by
Golf Engineering located just outside of Stuttgart.  It started
out as an aftermarket firm dedicated to upgrading the Rabbit but
because of the incredible popularity with the European market, VW
almost immediately approached Golf with an offer to upgrade all
Rabbits ... this led to the complete changeover of the name from
Rabbit-Golf ( the previous aftermarket name ) to Golf, the only
name on the car ( of course VW still has it's name there too ).
The cosmetic changes that North America will see is not due to
new changes to the rabbit but simply due to the adaptation of the
European style. 

Steve Williams


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