Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site fortune.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!fortune!ting From: ting@fortune.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Re: 'golf' balls - (nf) Message-ID: <3765@fortune.UUCP> Date: Tue, 10-Jul-84 20:03:37 EDT Article-I.D.: fortune.3765 Posted: Tue Jul 10 20:03:37 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 11-Jul-84 01:28:02 EDT Sender: notes@fortune.UUCP Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA Lines: 15 #R:uiucdcs:7700041:fortune:1500041:000:324 fortune!ting Jul 10 13:33:00 1984 Actually, the VW Golf may be really named after the sport. In Germany, there is a smaller VW named Polo. Golf (out side of the U. S.) and polo are considered classy sports played by wealthy people. VW might have wanted to somehow associate these cars with the sports and the people who play them. Henry Ting