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Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 12:28:34 +0200
From: "Magnus von Rosen" <pt98mvonopsament.hk-r.se>
Subject: Re: Mercedes smokes BMW/Saab/Volvo with better model names


> > I believe that U.S. Volvo claims the V means "versatility" because > English- speaking Americans spell "wagon" with a W and Volvo figures we > generally can't comprehend the existence of other languages so they have > to make the V make sense to us some other way. But really, V is for > Vagon. On my auto registration for my 850 wagon the car is called a > "Volvo 850 vag." I think the registrations office has made a mistake... Naming the car "Vagon" is too stupid to be true... :) Not even here in Sweden we say "Vagon", it's not even close to a swedish word!. We call them either "Estate" or "Combi's". So Versatility would be the correct word for "V". Best regards Magnus von Rosen

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