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[kris]

Is there really a VW thing?

[verboom]

If there is, it's a cool name for a car.

[enzo@af]

Yeah...they look like a convertible, sport utility sort of...thing.

[kris]

HA, I know what a VW thing is now, if anyone cares to see, let me know.

[Chris]

I care to know.

[Jay!]

I looks like a crate made into a car. Sort of militaristic/utiliy. But convertible/Jeepish, too.

[Morpheus XIII]

With all the bustle and activity in the VAG, I wouldn't be surprised to see a new Thing. Or someThing like the old Thing. Those Things looked like fun, but I Thingk the Baja Bugs received more attention. Ha ha, OK, no more.

Below: "Where The Wild Things Are" ....assembled, that is.

[Chris]

I know what it is!! I know what it is!!!
Its a... I forget. But I recognize it. It looks like its either WWII or after, both of which I know but cant remember anything about.

[enginerd]

The German Army needed an Jeep. So the Volkswagen folks went to work and created Die Kuebelwagen. Volkswagen sold some in America, and since most Americans cannot pronounce Kuebelwagen, they named them the "Thing". I went to High School with a Thing owner and he said it was the greatest off road car he had ever seen.

[Chris]

Teh beetle was good off-road. You just picked up the parts as they fell off
Didnt it have something like 36 horsepower?? Either way, it was equal to the jeep in pretty much every way.

[Morpheus XIII]

I just saw two this week. Before that, I hadn't seen one for about 7 years.

[enginerd]

I'd like to make a correction. DER kuebelwagen is the correct article.

[Cbass]

Yeah, Kuebelwagens kick ass. Superior in every respect to jeeps. They had suspension for instance.

[Morpheus XIII]

Originally posted by enginerd
I'd like to make a correction. DER kuebelwagen is the correct article.

Haha, correcting from fem. to masc. eh?

So what's the Beetle called over there? Der Kafer?

[Cbass]

We know what the Jeep is referred to over there, die scheiss