Weird-Ass Car names (VW Golf)
sren...@eagle.wesleyan.edu
>> I have a VW Golf. I guess the name is pretty self-explanatory... :-)
>> Lord knows WHY its called a Golf...
>I was told several years back that golf was the German word for Rabbit
>is this true?
Nope. The Golf name comes from "Golf-Strom", which is the German word
for the Gulf stream. Why they named it after that I don't know (I just looked
in the dictionary and found that "Golf" can also mean "golf" as in the
game, but I'm pretty sure that VW had the Gulf stream in mind).
A "Scirocco" is a hot dry wind, and I have no idea what a "Jetta" is.
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Steve R. SREN...@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Eliot Lim
>Nope. The Golf name comes from "Golf-Strom", which is the German word
>for the Gulf stream. Why they named it after that I don't know (I just looked
>in the dictionary and found that "Golf" can also mean "golf" as in the
>game, but I'm pretty sure that VW had the Gulf stream in mind).
>
>A "Scirocco" is a hot dry wind, and I have no idea what a "Jetta" is.
Yup. Most if not all the (european) VW model names are named after winds..
The Corrado and Jetta are winds, but I don't know which ones.
Rabbit, Fox and Quantum are US names and are probably not named after winds.
Eliot
Oliver Laumann
> for the Gulf stream. Why they named it after that I don't know (I just looked
> in the dictionary and found that "Golf" can also mean "golf" as in the
> game, but I'm pretty sure that VW had the Gulf stream in mind).
No, it was "golf" as in the game what they had in mind. I remember that
early editions of the VW Golf had a golf ball mounted on the tip of the
shift lever.
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Carl Stern
>In article <1990Oct27.1...@eagle.wesleyan.edu> sren...@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes:
>
>>Nope. The Golf name comes from "Golf-Strom", which is the German word
>>for the Gulf stream.
>Yup. Most if not all the (european) VW model names are named after winds..
>The Corrado and Jetta are winds, but I don't know which ones.
>
>Rabbit, Fox and Quantum are US names and are probably not named after winds.
>
Golf - Gulf stream
Jetta - Jet stream
Scirocco - hot desert wind that blows north out of the Sahara towards Europe
Passat - breeze (French I think)
note: our Dasher, Quantum and new Passat have always been Passat in Europe
Corrado - a made up word
BTW Isn't the Gulf stream an ocean current? Is it a wind current also?
bi...@eedsp.eedsp.gatech.edu
With a Jetta you getta there a little bit faster than with a carra.
(Yeah, pretty lame, I know.)
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Guy McConnell
> In article <1990Oct27.1...@eagle.wesleyan.edu> sren...@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes:
>
> >A "Scirocco" is a hot dry wind, and I have no idea what a "Jetta" is.
>
>
> Yup. Most if not all the (european) VW model names are named after winds..
> The Corrado and Jetta are winds, but I don't know which ones.
Corrado is a Spanish verb meaning "to run".
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Brad May
>In article <1990Oct27.1...@eagle.wesleyan.edu> sren...@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes:
>> Nope. The Golf name comes from "Golf-Strom", which is the German word
>> for the Gulf stream. Why they named it after that I don't know (I just looked
>> in the dictionary and found that "Golf" can also mean "golf" as in the
>> game, but I'm pretty sure that VW had the Gulf stream in mind).
>
>No, it was "golf" as in the game what they had in mind. I remember that
>early editions of the VW Golf had a golf ball mounted on the tip of the
>shift lever.
BZZT! All VW cars in Europe are named after winds of some sort. S. Renwick is
correct, Golf comes from the German for Gulf Stream. Unfortunately, my German
is not good enough to translate the other names.
Jan Morales
> Corrado is a Spanish verb meaning "to run".
I speak Spanish (my mother is Venezuelan) and "corrado" does not mean
"to run" in any conjugation or the infinitive that I know. My father
is a translator who speaks German and these are the meanings he gave
me for the names of VWs:
Name Meaning in German
Golf............sweater
Polo............the game (possibly named because polo horses are,
or at one time were, small but strong ponies)
Scirroco........hot dry wind from Africa
Passat..........same wind, German name
Jetta...........no meaning whatsoever
Corrado.........no meaning whatsoever (possible meaning in Italian
but who cares)
Know now that you are armed with the Truth. :-)
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Oliver Laumann
> BZZT! All VW cars in Europe are named after winds of some sort.
That makes me wonder what kind of winds "Derby", "Polo" and "Corrado" were
named after :-)
Todd Rader
%> In article <1990Oct27.1...@eagle.wesleyan.edu> sren...@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes:
%>
%> Yup. Most if not all the (european) VW model names are named after winds..
%> The Corrado and Jetta are winds, but I don't know which ones.
%
%
% Corrado is a Spanish verb meaning "to run".
%
No, "correr" means "to run", and one of its conjugations is "corrido", not
"corrado". "Corrado" would be the third person past perfect tense of "corrar",
but I don't know if there is indeed such a verb.
Geoff Miller
In article <1990Oct30.1...@dg-rtp.dg.com> za...@dg-rtp.dg.com (Mike
Zayas) writes:
>I think two of the dumbest names were the Renault/AMC Alliance and Encore.
>Yes, the names made a statement about AMCs business doings, but what does
>an Encore mean regarding a car, other than that it followed up a car that
>was the Alliance between 2 car builders? I think they should have called
>them Piece-o-shit and Another-Piece-o-shit, or Piece-o-shit-hatchback.
Hey, c'mon now! The Appliance was named Motor Trend Car Of the Year, so
you know it had to be good! :)
I rented an Encore one time, and the worst thing I can say about it is that
it was inoffensive. It seemed reasonably well put together, the fit and
finish and quality of materials were reasonable for a car of its class, and
it was decently fun to drive. It could've used more power, but it only had
a 1400cc engine. Considering the fact that the car I rented had an automatic,
the power was adequate.
Geoff
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Mike Zayas
Huh? Never heard of that one. And I was raised in Puerto Rico.
"To run" is "correr." In fact, I can't think of any conjugation of
"correr" that results in corrado.
Also, about this "VWs are named after wind" theory, what about the Polo
I mentioned?
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Ken Sheppardson
>
> Golf - Gulf stream
> Jetta - Jet stream
> Scirocco - hot desert wind that blows north out of the Sahara towards Europe
> Passat - breeze (French I think)
> note: our Dasher, Quantum and new Passat have always been Passat in Europe
>
> Corrado - a made up word
AHA ! isn't Corrado an imported Mexican beer ???
Hence the common thread 'streams' or 'things that flow'
;-)
Ken
Mike Zayas
>early editions of the VW Golf had a golf ball mounted on the tip of the
>shift lever.
They also had (have?) a VW Polo in Europe. Based on that I would tend to
agree that pattern is after sports, maybe aristocratic sports, maybe sports
that use a little ball.
I think two of the dumbest names were the Renault/AMC Alliance and Encore.
Yes, the names made a statement about AMCs business doings, but what does
an Encore mean regarding a car, other than that it followed up a car that
was the Alliance between 2 car builders? I think they should have called
them Piece-o-shit and Another-Piece-o-shit, or Piece-o-shit-hatchback.
Thanks, Lido, for saving Jeep from the bowels of AMC.
timo pelkonen
>> BZZT! All VW cars in Europe are named after winds of some sort.
>That makes me wonder what kind of winds "Derby", "Polo" and "Corrado" were
>named after :-)
They MUST be some kind of winds,
like "Transporter", "Iltis", "Kleinbus" and "Kaefer" are.
I just don't know where they blow :-)
Greetings from inFland - the double price country / timo pelkonen
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>
> AHA ! isn't Corrado an imported Mexican beer ???
>
named after beer, makes me cringe... :)
brent
Jan Morales
>My father is a translator who speaks German and these are the meanings
>he gave me for the names of VWs:
>
I stand corrected on this one. Our German/English dictionary says "gulf"
or the game golf. Golf means sweater in Italian, not German.
> Scirroco........hot dry wind from Africa
> Passat..........same wind, German name
The dictionary says "trade wind" for Passat.
> Corrado.........no meaning whatsoever (possible meaning in Italian
> but who cares)
Corrado is the Italian form of the name Conrad.
>Know now that you are armed with the Truth. :-)
So much for that... (Thanks a lot, Dad!)
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Allen WELLS
>correct, Golf comes from the German for Gulf Stream. Unfortunately, my German
>is not good enough to translate the other names.
OK - so what winds are the Polo and Derby named after?
(For those of you who aren't familiar with VW's small cars,
Polo:Derby::Golf:Jetta
In fact, the success of the Derby was the rationale for making a
sedan version of the Golf.)
PS: Calling the 'Gulf Stream' a wind is kind of pushing it, isn't it?
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No, he's probably thinking of *** Corona ***
"Simpatico" isn't even close to "Corrado"!
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Che Liang L Chang
>I mentioned?
>
It's a wind alright. Apparently the polo pony VW had in mind munched
on spoiled hay and had a bad case of indigestion :-)
Lingo Chang
shep...@caen.engin.umich.edu
>In article <1990Oct30.1...@ecn.purdue.edu> irv...@ecn.purdue.edu (/dev/null) writes:
>>In article <1990Oct30.1...@engin.umich.edu>, shep...@caen.engin.umich.edu (Ken Sheppardson) writes:
>>>
>>> AHA ! isn't Corrado an imported Mexican beer ???
>>>
>> I think you mean Simpatico, imagine any car
>> named after beer, makes me cringe... :)
>>
>>brent
>
>No, he's probably thinking of *** Corona ***
No, he was making a joke.
At least I was trying. Sorry. It'll never happen again. :)
>
>"Simpatico" isn't even close to "Corrado"!
And Corona is ?? :)
Ken
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> In article <1990Oct30.1...@ecn.purdue.edu> irv...@ecn.purdue.edu (/dev/null) writes:
> >In article <1990Oct30.1...@engin.umich.edu>, shep...@caen.engin.umich.edu (Ken Sheppardson) writes:
> >>
>
> No, he's probably thinking of *** Corona ***
>
> "Simpatico" isn't even close to "Corrado"!
It was the only Mexican Beer I *knew* was from Mexico!
Brent
Guy McConnell
> In article <92...@b11.ingr.com> mcco...@b11.ingr.com (Guy McConnell) writes:
> > Corrado is a Spanish verb meaning "to run".
>
> I speak Spanish (my mother is Venezuelan) and "corrado" does not mean
> "to run" in any conjugation or the infinitive that I know. My father
> is a translator who speaks German and these are the meanings he gave
> me for the names of VWs:
Well, I speak English (my mother is, oh what the hell does this have to do
with anything anyway?) and I read this in the February 1989 issue of Sports
Car Illustrated. I quote:
"The Corrado's advanced billing was impressive. The press kit handed out at
the Paris Auto Salon last September when the Corrado (Spanish verb meaning
'to run') made its debut allowed as to how it was all of the following..."
Anyway, that is where I got it. I stand corrected (or someone does). Perhaps
the author meant that "September" was a Spanish verb meaning "to run".
> Know now that you are armed with the Truth. :-)
Not yet, methinks.
Mike Zayas
shep...@caen.engin.umich.edu (Ken Sheppardson) writes:
>>
>> AHA ! isn't Corrado an imported Mexican beer ???
>>
> I think you mean Simpatico, imagine any car
> named after beer, makes me cringe... :)
>
>brent
Isn't it amusing that Rusty Wallace's NASCAR stock car is a giant
Miller Genuine Draft can? There is also a Coors Thunderbird (I forget
the driver, I'm not really a NASCAR fan). This is a kick right in
"Don't Drink and Drive"'s face. And to think people were complaining
that Virginia Slims was sponsoring a tennis tourney, and that
cigarettes
and athletics dont and should not mesh.
I think Wild Turkey or Jack Daniels should sponsor a car. I could
picture
a Jim Beam stock car, cant you?
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Jon Lusky
Racing teams take their money whereeverthey can get it. If Coors would
have given a large sum of money for our solar car (for GM Sunrayce USA
1990), we would have gladly pianted the car like a beer can and called it
the Silver Bullet.
Jonathan R. Lusky
University of Texas Solar Racing Team.