OVER REVING ON MY SEAT IBIZA

Since you folks know so much about all these VW "wannabes" and such,
Wasn't a VW POLO originally the same thing as the US version called a
VW Fox????.................Just curious. and bored. They won't let me
do much right now(doctors) so I'll have way too much time on my hanbds
for a week or so. Gall bladder Removal 101.


>a small VW made by Seat in spain. its a lot like a Polo, maybe a bit
>bigger.

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MUADIB wrote:
> Since you folks know so much about all these VW "wannabes" and such,
> Wasn't a VW POLO originally the same thing as the US version called a
> VW Fox????.................Just curious. and bored. They won't let me
> do much right now(doctors) so I'll have way too much time on my hanbds
> for a week or so. Gall bladder Removal 101.
>

That sucks, not being able to do anything.
Sorry to hear about your gall bladder - hope you'll be back to normal
soon.

Is that right? Not postive, but my brother had one of those Polos, I
think. I called it a clowns car, because my brother and I are not the
smallest people on the planet and had to unfold yourself to get out the
door.

When I used to go to Germany for business very often, the company
sometimes hooked me a Seat somethingoranother -- a little turbo diesel,
stick. Very drivable.

Remco

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> >a small VW made by Seat in spain. its a lot like a Polo, maybe a bit
> >bigger.
>
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MUADIB wrote:
> Since you folks know so much about all these VW "wannabes" and such,
> Wasn't a VW POLO originally the same thing as the US version called a
> VW Fox????.................Just curious. and bored. They won't let me
> do much right now(doctors) so I'll have way too much time on my hanbds
> for a week or so. Gall bladder Removal 101.
>

That sucks, not being able to do anything.
Sorry to hear about your gall bladder - hope you'll be back to normal
soon.

Is that right? Not postive, but my brother had one of those Polos, I
think. I called it a clowns car, because my brother and I are not the
smallest people on the planet and had to unfold yourself to get out the
door.

When I used to go to Germany for business very often, the company
sometimes hooked me a Seat somethingoranother -- a little turbo diesel,
stick. Very drivable.

Remco

>
> >a small VW made by Seat in spain. its a lot like a Polo, maybe a bit
> >bigger.


Seat has several type of car's from very small to a full size MPV (SUV)
The fox from VW is now also available in Europe BUT i do not think it's the
same as a fox in the US.
There is also a very small VW that we call a VW Lupo. Seat has a simmilar
looking car but less expensive. Types here in Holland from VW in order of
size a

Lupo, Fox (new), Polo, Caddy, Golf, New Beetle, Bora, Touran, Passat,
Sharan, Touareg and the Pheaton.

Seat is:
Aroza, Ibiza, Cordoba, Leon, Altea, Toledo and Alhambra.

All genuine Seat but on a VW plant... in other words; cheaper but the same
Crap as a WCVW.

If you wanna check it out: www.volswagen.de

Have fun
Roger

In article >,
MUADIB > wrote:
>
>The VW fox US model was based on the original Audi Fox body I thought
>But I could be very wrong. I was just thinking that I had been told
>that it was called a POLO overseas at the time they were selling it
>here as a fox.

The VW Fox sold in the US was the same car sold in south america as
a Gol Sedan, an Amazon and other names... its not and audi fox, but a
car designed in brazil that once used a 1600cc beetle aircooled engine!

It still lives, in 4th generation form, and sells for US$8000-9000 down
here...


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Very interesting input Ed. Thanks for the update.

Is it just my connection or has the verizon news server system gone to
hell the last few days? Anyone else having issues with verizon?
>>
>>The VW fox US model was based on the original Audi Fox body I thought
>>But I could be very wrong. I was just thinking that I had been told
>>that it was called a POLO overseas at the time they were selling it
>>here as a fox.
>
>The VW Fox sold in the US was the same car sold in south america as
>a Gol Sedan, an Amazon and other names... its not and audi fox, but a
>car designed in brazil that once used a 1600cc beetle aircooled engine!
>
>It still lives, in 4th generation form, and sells for US$8000-9000 down
>here...

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In article >,
MUADIB > wrote:
>Very interesting input Ed. Thanks for the update.
>

Wikepedia: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/VW_Gol

A summary, translated:

In the mid 70s new models like the Fiat 147 and the Chevrolet Chevette were
dominating the brazilian and latinamerican market and VW was stuck with
aging beetles and brasilias. Importing the Golf or Polo meant losing most
of the clients, who could not afford imported cars, so VW decided to localy
build a new car. With a hatchback small form factor, 2 doors and squarish
forms a BX prototipe was built with a 42hp aircooled gas or alcohol engine.
It was finally released as the GOL in 1980.

50.000 units were sold that year, but customers were criting to its slow engine,0-60mph in 22 seconds. in 1981 a 1600cc engine with 56hp and dual carburators
was installed reducing 0-60 times to 15 seconds. New versions came out,
a Saveiro pickup and a Voyage sedan.

Emulating the Golf GTI a GOL GT was sold with Recaro seats, fox lights,
allow wheels and an 1800cc watercooled engine with 99hp. Its success made
VW modify the engine to 1600cc and installing it in the rest of the versions.
Nevertheless, it was still a noisy and unreliable car. With the help
of AUDI, VW modified the engine, specially legnhtening the connecting rods
and replacing the pistons. a 5 speed gearbox was installed. The resultant
was the AP1600 and AP1800 engines, with 90hp in the deluxe sedans and 99hp
in the GT models.



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They also sold watercooled VW Fox in the U.S. My brother and I each had one
at one time.

"Eduardo K." > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> MUADIB > wrote:
> >
> >The VW fox US model was based on the original Audi Fox body I thought
> >But I could be very wrong. I was just thinking that I had been told
> >that it was called a POLO overseas at the time they were selling it
> >here as a fox.
>
> The VW Fox sold in the US was the same car sold in south america as
> a Gol Sedan, an Amazon and other names... its not and audi fox, but a
> car designed in brazil that once used a 1600cc beetle aircooled engine!
>
> It still lives, in 4th generation form, and sells for US$8000-9000 down
> here...
>
>
> --
> Eduardo K. | To put a pipe in byte mode,
> http://www.carfun.cl | type PIPE_TYPE_BYTE.
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