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While We’re on the Subject of VW and Safety

Jessica Zafra raises a salient question about VW’s Phaeton, whose name is derived from the figure in Greek mythology who, in a quest to confirm that sun-god Helios is his father (as mother Euripides has confessed), takes Dad’s sun chariot out for a spectacularly ill-fated ride. As she asks: “Is it a good idea to buy a car named after a terrible driver who died in a spectacular crash?”

Perhaps consumers were hip to this — VW no longer makes the car, after all.

(Via Peter Stothard)

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 at 6:37 am and is filed under Cars, Traffic safety. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “While We’re on the Subject of VW and Safety”

  1. ken Says:
    May 6th, 2010 at 12:01 pm

    Just so you know, VW never stopped making the Phaeton. They stopped importing them to the USA. Seems the USA likes to wear their designer labels on the outside-if you get my drift.

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