Re: Avant, Variant, Brake....

[JordanVw@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/29/99 3:41:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
LevisJE@LOUISVILLE.STORTEK.COM writes:

<< I think BMW calls theirs a "Kombi".
 
 Just once I would love it if one of the European manufacturers used the word
 "station wagon".  Imagine it, "Introducing the new RS4 Station Wagon"...
  >>

ahhhh....  big blooper..  :<)   
BMW calls their wagon the "touring"
Volkswagen called their no-frills baseline Van and Bus the "Kombi"

(another FYI - all VW buses and Vans were referred to by VWOA as "station 
wagons" until 1980...this was because of some sort of high tariff being 
applied to any imported "trucks" and "commercial vehicles" (such as the VW 
Bus) back then...i think it was called the "chicken tariff"  (long story)..  
so VW bucked the system by calling the Bus a "station wagon" to get it 
imported...

chris
'86 5kT, TQ
many VW vans....