X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,30f692c0cad7f5a6 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-30 11:01:58 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "LGB" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: VW beetle logo Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2001 12:59:17 -0500 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: References: <9hjouf$sk3$1@cantuc.canterbury.ac.nz> <3B3DA826.MD-1.4.4.to@florianrehnisch.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 29 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:6449 "Florian Rehnisch" wrote in message news:3B3DA826.MD-1.4.4.to@florianrehnisch.de... > Hi, > > Bill Taylor wrote: > > I once heard, long ago, that this was carefully designed to make it appear > > as a swastika when travelling at about 30 mph. Anyone else heard that one? > > Didn't heard so, but that may be possible, since the first 'Volkswagen' > was designed in the 30s in Germany, the so called 'Third Reich'. I think > the capitals in the logo were taken because it was a 'Volks(people's)- > Wagen(car)', i.e. a car for the common man. > > OBascii: > o > {|} > " a beetle > the model T of Germany ? F irst O n _ _ R ace -.`|_|\_ D ay O`---'o` --lgbeard