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#2421 of 14566 Trick suspension trickle-down... by rsholland Nov 11, 2002 (8:05 am)
First we saw trick IFS/IRS on the ultra, ultra-expensive Hummer H1. Next we see a trick IFS/IRS on the ultra-expensive Range Rover. Now we see a trick IFS/IRS on the expensive VW Touareg. Soon, hopefully, we will see a trick IFS/IRS on a vehicles mere mortals can buy. Bob
#2422 of 14566 by ateixeira Nov 11, 2002 (8:19 am)
Ever the dreamer, Bob envisions a 2005 Forester Turbo with an adjustable air suspension and Class II towing capacity... VW has shown it's far more serious than Subaru about moving upscale. Obviously they are far bigger and have much more R&D funds, but Subaru is holding back stuff from Japan, while VW is clearly holding NOTHING back. Frustrating, no? -juice
#2423 of 14566 Hey... by rsholland Nov 11, 2002 (8:26 am)
without dreams, nothing occurs... Bob
#2424 of 14566 by ateixeira Nov 11, 2002 (8:32 am)
We gotta find out what druge Piech was taking, and let the Subaru guys smoke some. The man was fiscally nuts, but at least the products coming out now are cutting edge. -juice
#2425 of 14566 Tuareg by grahampeters Nov 11, 2002 (12:39 pm)
G'day I think the pronunciation is approximately "twah-reg" with a hard "g". They are one of the last nomadic people in Africa, fround in Mali, Niger and similar parts. There are about 800,000 of the Tuareg living around the Sahara. They are uinusual in the Muslim word as the men are veiled and the women not. They have an unusual alphabet "t'finagh". http://tuaregs.free.fr/commun/plus/polices.zip This encyclopedia entry gives a rough summary of their history and culture http://www.slider.com/enc/53000/Tuareg.htm I gather they were subdued (sort of) by the French. The possibilities for what one can read into a German company like Volkswagen using this as a name are endless - revenge / warning? It's also worrying that their traditional financing scheme consisted of taxing travellers passing through their lands. A bit more detail here with a very dodgy translation from the French. http://tuaregs.free.fr/tuareg_e/accueil_ie.htm They are big on cooking and music http://www.studiom.de/giger/fotoxxl/percussion/a-Afrika/Afrika5.htm The concept of the nomadic traveller in wild country is actually fairly inspired for the VW 4wd. The only other really apt one I can think of is the Land Rover which was originally intended as a Rover car for the land owner. There are some extremely silly ones I can think of. Any other apt names come to mind? Cheers Graham
#2426 of 14566 now I'm laughing by ladywclass Nov 11, 2002 (1:20 pm)
laughing at the 'active lifestyle' comment about the roller blading subaru owners .. maybe SOME of you have the car for an active lifestyle .. I just bought mine cause I wanted something to haul things in and this one was the best value and also the most COMFORTABLE RIDE !
#2427 of 14566 VW got some flak... by rsholland Nov 11, 2002 (4:11 pm)
regarding naming the vehicle Touareg, besides for the difficult pronunciation (tour-egg). Seems that these nomads of the desert are also famous for owning slaves—not exactly a strong PR point... Graham, thanks for the trivia! Bob
#2428 of 14566 Graham by artgecko Nov 11, 2002 (6:27 pm)
"The concept of the nomadic traveller in wild country is actually fairly inspired for the VW 4wd. The only other really apt one I can think of is the Land Rover which was originally intended as a Rover car for the land owner. There are some extremely silly ones I can think of. Any other apt names come to mind?" Volkswagen did this 28 years ago, when I switched from air cooled VWs to water-cooled. Their first US watercooled car was the Scirocco, named for the Saharan desert wind. (beat the Rabbit here by a couple of months.) I always thought the Toyota Land Rover was aptly named. However, now it should be called "Toyota Bloated Overpriced SUV POS Driven By Gum Smacking Phone Talking Soccer Moms" <G> Steve
#2429 of 14566 Steve, by fibber2 Nov 12, 2002 (5:28 am)
I tried to put your 'acronym' together, but it just doesn't flow right! "TBOSUVPOSDBGSPTSM" Great idea, though. I think you got the vehicle concept right, but we just have to work on rearranging the letters to something more easily pronounced. Steve
#2430 of 14566 by ateixeira Nov 12, 2002 (6:32 am)
Wait a sec, I thought it was twah-regg? Even we cannot agree on this. Scirocco was a cool name. I kind of wanted one of those in high school. Let's use paisan's term - Soccer Mom Vehicle. -juice