blabla on AWD

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> VW's previous AWD nomenclature is "Syncro", not "Synchro" (drop the 'h').

> Not directed toward you in particular, Jens, but I noticed this
> minor error pop up often from others as well.  While it's no big deal,
> I think some of us might find it a bit uneasy on the eyes if someone
> keeps spelling 'quattro' wrong :-).

All the way to launch (I was peripheral to the development programme at
Porsche Weissach) the 'Syncro' was called the 'tetra'.  Somewhere I have
a pre-launch version of the first Passat 'tetra' brochure.  They switched
to 'syncro' only days before the launch.

Spelling things correctly is actually quite important because of the
archives.  I don't know if Dan/Brett plan to implement synonym tables
in the search engine, but if they have no such plans then 'Synchro'
just won't be found by a correct search on 'syncro'.  Also, anyone
making the other mistake and searching on 'Synchro' should really
get zero hits - if they get just a few, they may assume the archives
contains no useful information, which is not the case.

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