by "not for canada - australian in disguise" (for-canada)
Published 06/19/2017 at 20:25
by "not for canada - australian in disguise" (for-canada)
Published 06/19/2017 at 20:25
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VW has sold three completely different cars under the Fox nameplate.
There was the Fox that most North Americans associate with the Fox name, which has produced from 1987 to 1993 and based off the Brazilian VW Gol.
Then there was the second VW Fox, which replaced the Lupo and was replaced by the Up!. Like the North American Fox, it was Brazilian.
And last, as well as the least known, the South African VW Fox. Similar concept to the Citi Golf, except it was based off the Mk1 Jetta instead of the Mk1 Golf. This one was not Brazilian.
"dogisbadob" (dogisbadob)
06/19/2017 at 20:31, STARS: 2
There’s also the Audi Fox from the 70s, a rebadged Dasher/Passat
Also, VW should sell a cheap small car like the Fox/Gol/Up again in the US.
"404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
06/19/2017 at 20:42, STARS: 2
This raises an interesting question... which nameplate was most used on radically different cars?
Only other one I can think of is the Buick Regal:
- A/G-Body RWD Regal, US built Sedan/Coupe/Wagon
- W-Body FWD Regal, US/Canada Built Sedan/Coupe
- Epsilon FWD/AWD Regal, Germany/Canada Built Sedan
- Epsilon II Regal/AWD, Germany Built Hatchback/Wagon
"not for canada - australian in disguise" (for-canada)
06/19/2017 at 20:47, STARS: 1
Oldsmobile Cutlass, probably.
"404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
06/19/2017 at 20:55, STARS: 1
You missed one :)
"FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass)
06/19/2017 at 20:58, STARS: 0
"G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3" (gbodyman)
06/19/2017 at 21:29, STARS: 1
VW Passat? FWD or AWD, transverse or longitudinal, NA or turbo, 4 cylinder or inline 5 or narrow angle V5 or narrow angle V6 or regular V6 or W8, diesel or gas or CNG, hatch or sedan or wagon or “coupe,” torque converter auto or manual or dual clutch, built in Germany or Brazil or Australia or Spain or Mexico or China or South Africa or Slovakia or the Ukraine or Russia or India or Angola or Malaysia or America, built on the B1 or B2 or B3 or B4 or B5 or A6 or MQB or NMS platform.
"vicali" (vicali)
06/19/2017 at 21:51, STARS: 1
Don’t forget they sold the Audi 80 as the Audi Fox too.. and that’s how I ended up arguing with a mechanic about what I drove while trying to price a wheel bearing on my 91 Fox..
Me: Volkswagen Fox.
Him: Fox.. Audi right?
Me: no, Volkswagen.
Him; but it’s an Audi Fox.
Me: No, made by VW in Brazil, sold here, 1.8 from a golf but sideways..
Him: same thing.
Me: never mind..
"BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo" (bluemazda2)
06/19/2017 at 21:57, STARS: 0
Dodge Dart.
It went from being a muscle car to the car you’d take over a Chrysler 200 from Enterprise.
"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
06/19/2017 at 21:57, STARS: 1
Interesting story about that 1980s VW Fox. If you bought a particular Leica telephoto lens for your SLR they would give you a free VW Fox. The car sold for $5990 at the time, and the lens sold for $60K.
I suspect that if you bought one of those lenses on the used market today the car wouldn’t be included. I wonder how many of those lenses they actually sold?
"Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips)
06/19/2017 at 22:09, STARS: 0
"facw" (facw)
06/19/2017 at 22:12, STARS: 0
I don’t know if that added “Cross” disqualifies it.
"RallyWrench" (rndlitebmw)
06/20/2017 at 01:34, STARS: 1
NVM, wrong post.
"RallyWrench" (rndlitebmw)
06/20/2017 at 01:34, STARS: 1
MonteCarlo:
MonteCarlo:
Also,
Le Mans:
And perhaps the most egregious violation, the late Pontiac Le Mans:
