We needn't go so far away from Wolfsburg as all that; even in Georgian England, the phaeton was the equivalent of the Aston Martin, the latter-day cad's make-out vehicle.
bonobashi --- On Wed, 20/8/08, "Sankarshan (সঙ্কর্ষণ)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: "Sankarshan (সঙ্কর্ষণ)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [silk] VW to launch beetle in India next year To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, 20 August, 2008, 5:28 PM -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > Wonder which mythologically challenged dolt gave that model its name. > To die charred black in a chariot of fire, mmh, that screams buy buy buy. The Phaeton (or its phonetic equivalent) was the 'vehicle of choice' for the elite in quite a few earlier Bengali classic novels :) Guess it is playing on the perception of the Jetta advertisement -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkisBvIACgkQXQZpNTcrCzM4+wCfeoAtVFfzUisd6Fs2eCvBpyFz tcsAn32bvwxh6fX6yitm+baK8A1kBiNS =6rZ/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now, on http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html/
