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Re: Quattro Definition ?????

To: es61@prism.gatech.edu (Eric Schumacher)
Subject: Re: Quattro Definition ?????
From: ti@bazooka.amb.org (Ti Kan)
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 08:38:34 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: ctucker@bishop.dcb.du.edu, quattro@coimbra.ans.net
In-Reply-To: <199604181139.HAA23786@acmex.gatech.edu> from "Eric Schumacher" at Apr 18, 96 07:39:44 am
Sender: owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net

Eric Schumacher writes:
> What is the origin of "quattro?"  Quatro means four in spanish, but what
> is a spanish origin word doing on a german car??

Actually, "quattro" is Italian for the number 4.  The Spanish number 4
is spelled "cuatro".  I guess somehow "quattro" sounds better as a model
name than the German word for 4: "vier".

-Ti
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- Re: Quattro Definition ?????
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