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From Road & Track:
Though it sounds like an April Fools' joke gone awry, a senior employee at Volkswagen of America, who asked not to be named, confirmed to Road & Track that the name-change announcement was genuine, and had been erroneously published ahead of schedule. As noted by CNBC, the release—which was incomplete, and had notes indicating that further photographs and quotes were to be added before publication—explained how Voltswagen and VW badging would co-exist for at least a certain amount of time after the name change kicked in.
From Road & Track:
Though it sounds like an April Fools' joke gone awry, a senior employee at Volkswagen of America, who asked not to be named, confirmed to Road & Track that the name-change announcement was genuine, and had been erroneously published ahead of schedule. As ...
UPDATE March 29, 2021 3:47 p.m. EST
From Jalopnik: Automotive News has also confirmed the name change with an unnamed source, and also confirmed this is not an April Fool’s Joke. Though friend of the site Bozi Tatrevic pointed out Voltswagen has not been copyrighted. Which makes this whole ...
Yeah, typical of VW truthiness, as....
...as when you crack open the batteries you find out it really runs on coal.
I’m waiting for the doors to open
with an endless torrent of clowns exiting the vehicle.... 🤡 🚗🤡🚗🤡🚗🤡
VW spells out details of name change to Voltswagen of America brand
From Automotive News this morning: "Voltswagen" will be placed as an exterior badge on all EV models, and gasoline vehicles will have the company’s iconic VW Volkswagen of America on Tuesday confirmed that it will use the brand name “Voltswagen” starting ...
That's what VW said yesterday but I am not buying it
Methinks they meant to make the name change but got a lot of flack and decided to scrap it and call it April fool's...😂😉