VW to become Voltswagen in the US

[Krieg]

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/29/vw-accidentally-leaks-new-name-for-its-us-operations-voltswagen.html

They should name their first car "Ampere", I'd buy one

Guess it's no longer for the common "Folk". $$$$$$$

 

[E365]

Official:

https://media.vw.com/en-us/releases...zcHNsc6eiFsPz2bVhiUUESsD4NWlgt6_FYHrAC21j2B7U

 

[wemay]

Yup, not a joke i guess.

Below is most of the pertinent information from the link supplied above by @E365

VWOA March 30, 2021 press release:

 

[PimTac]

April Fools prank, and a bad one too.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/30/vol...-april-fools-marketing-prank-source-says.html

 

[dbias]

I instantly thought of IHOP/IHOB

 

[wemay]

April Fools prank, and a bad one too.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/30/vol...-april-fools-marketing-prank-source-says.html

They got me....... if in fact it was a prank and not a serious U-Turn after the massive negative response.

 

[wemay]

They're scrambling now.....

Updated at 6 p.m. ET on 03/30/2021

https://www.thedrive.com/tech/39984/vw-says-its-officially-doing-the-voltswagen-name-for-evs-only

 

[PimTac]

What a Charlie Foxtrot.

 

[Quattro Pete]

As they say, "any publicity is good publicity."

 

[vavavroom]

Haha. Until I got my Volkswagen I always thought that was the name because that’s what it sounded like.

see Volk, folk, folc

 

[Krieg]

Ok, but it's not April 1?

 

[vavavroom]

Ok, but it's not April 1?

An April Fools promo got out prematurely. That's all.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Ok, but it's not April 1?

Harder to guess it's a prank that way.

 

[circuitsmith]

IMO would be interesting if they named one of their EV models "Voltswagen", but not the whole company.