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Huh? "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 Pol
by kubanczyk 4y ago
Huh? "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!