OT:"Caddy" or "Cabby"?

[DieingSwan@aol.com (DieingSwan@aol.com)]

In a message dated 3/11/03 8:40:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
veedublu@prod.net writes:

> As the resident "pickup expert" if you will....
>  
>  The name is Caddy
>  
>  It's more than just a nickname...  it's what the model is officially named
>  anywhere but the North American market.  Kind of like how the early Rabbits
>  (A1 chassis) were "Golfs" in Europe.
>  
>  Cabby is a reference to a Cabriolet, or Rabbit convertible (technically,
>  there are differences between a Rabbit Convertible and a Cabriolet but I'll
>  leave that to someone else)
>  

Ah! Now that makes sense. And I potentially could have gone on wondering for 
years without ever asking. I still don't get why they called the model Caddy. 
But after all, why Rabbit? More like turtle (sorry Rabbit fans ;-P )

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