Re: Spelling

[Robert von Bismarck <rvb@petrel.ch>]

Hum.. The Beetle, was called K”fer in Germany, which translated means
Beetle (wonder wonder ?)

The Type 1 was built in 1936 I think (could be 1938 also), and was never
actually produced, as old Adolf needed the Volkswagen Factory to build
the K¸belwagen, which is the miltary version of the Type 1.

The nickname beetle was given to the type 1 by the german buyers who
thought it looked like a beetle because of the hood design. The name
stuck. End of story.

Robert


	-----Original Message-----
	From:	shikaroka@juno.com [SMTP:shikaroka@juno.com]
	Sent:	Friday, September 26, 1997 7:48 AM
	To:	scirocco-l@privateI.com
	Subject:	shikaroka: Re: Spelling

	On Thu, 25 Sep 1997 11:15:21 -0400 Kevin McGrath
<kevin@pelican.net>
	writes:
	>
	>I don't know but didn't The Beetels spell their name with two
EEs and
	>later Beatles?
	>
	>Kevin McGrath

	Well, VW never call the "Beatle" a beatle, it was origanally
called a
	"Type 1", it did not get the nick-name "Beatle" until it came to
the
	states. That is why they call thier new prototype car a "Concept
1".


	shikaroka@juno.com
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