** Reply to message from Per Lindgren <lindgre at online.no> on Tue, 02 Jul 2002 15:13:40 +0200 > The Volkswagen name for the station wagons are Variant, a name they have > held on to since the first 1500 Variant (aka type 3 squareback) came out > in January 1962. This name wasn't used in the U.S. market because it was too similar to Valiant.