Originally published at: VW really is going to become Voltswagen | Boing Boing
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VW’s PR firm sure did a great job getting free publicity.
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I could swear there was actually a “Wacky Pack” sticker or trading card back in the 70’s that used the name “Voltswagon”, with images of lightning shooting out of a VW bug.
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As far as i know, from another article i read, only their electric cars will be branded as Voltswagen
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I drive a gas VW from '74 and I approve of this change. Can’t wait to convert my T2 to electric! 
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The Jalopnik team is quite skeptical (VW doesn’t even own the voltswagen.com URL) but it’s going to be interesting to see how this plays out.
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There is no chance they are going to do that in any meaningful way.
Five doll hairs says they drop this within a month.
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Yup. No surprise here.
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Good work, some no-doubt-expensive branding consultancy. I can’t decide between contempt and despair for this afternoon.
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I sated searching about a more German name, like Funkwagen, and I found this obscure 70s prog group…
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There is a sort of “meeeeeh” vibe to the notion of “volk,” at least in retrospect…
Yet to my mind, “Voltswagen” sounds pretty dorky. I own a GTI. And am half Ashkenazi. 
Who knows…
Oh please, please, please let this become the next Reich Wing cancel culture panic. I’d love to see them twist themselves into pretzels defending VW’s particular, erm… heritage.
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Watt? Ohm my!
(And so it begins).
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I’d be interested if they actually came up with the Buzz Microbus at a price that didn’t make it look like a pregnant Tesla.
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too bad my years of owning a Jetta will keep me from ever having a Voltswagen.
the moment they told me that driving 30 miles on a construction riddled I-35 without brakelights was a reasonable distance so they would not reimburse me for fixing their recall locally… well… that kind of sealed me ever giving them a dime, regardless of an effing name change.
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there are some pissed-off journalists on twitter right now. i guess instead of saying “no comment” VW’s marketing people told >1 reporter that the news was true.
