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Not a tech company despite their ambitions, but many Volkswagen models are named for winds (in German): * Golf - Gulf Stream, * Jetta - Jet Stream, * Passat
by closewith 4y ago
Not a tech company despite their ambitions, but many Volkswagen models are named for winds (in German):
* Golf - Gulf Stream,
* Jetta - Jet Stream,
* Passat - Trade wind,
* Polo - Polar winds,
* Scirocco - Mediterranean/Saharan wind.
- kubanczyk 4y agoHuh? "Polo"! How elegant. Too bad the evidence for it seems to be basically hearsay. Maybe someone digs up a German source? Would be a cool addition to the Polo's Wikipedia articles. (The German Wikipedia says it's after sport not after the polar wind, but it's entirely unsourced.)
- closewith 4y agoIt was received wisdom to me, but on closer inspection, it seems to be all nonsense: https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2013/05/inside-the-industry-ttac-finds-the-missing-etymology-of-passat-golf-scirocco-polo/ https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2013/05/inside-the-industr... My apologies!