A Volkswagen spokesperson recently told Motor Trend magazine that the production version of the 2007 Golf-based SUV will definitely not use the “Marrakesh” name. The car will be based on the “Concept A” (shown right). Now, Germany’s AutoBild magazine is reporting that five possible names are currently under consideration. They are: Nanuk, Namib, Rockton, Samun, and Tiguan. Which should Volkswagen use?
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03/14, 9:22 AM
posted by:
Chris
None, all those choices suck.
03/14, 9:42 AM
posted by:
Matt
i’d go with tiguan. it follows along with the “t” names that the toureg started. that’s the only sense i could make out of those word choices. im really not much of a fan of any of them.
03/14, 10:02 AM
posted by:
Thomas
Yeah wow none of the above
03/14, 10:04 AM
posted by:
Jim in LA
my god! can volkswagen do any more to alienate its north american audience? only “rockton” has a marginally western-sounding name. at this rate, i’m gonna put my money on “saddam” or “osama.”
03/14, 11:14 AM
posted by:
atomicbri
Personally, I like the Marrakesh name…. why not use that?
03/14, 11:24 AM
posted by:
Pi
VW Thing.
03/14, 11:56 AM
posted by:
Jim
No-Va
03/14, 12:54 PM
posted by:
Northeasterner
Yeah, seriously, this car/SUV looks hot but what’s up with the name choices?
03/14, 1:40 PM
posted by:
TomG
Are they joking!? They’re all terrible. Keep looking VW.
03/14, 1:41 PM
posted by:
S P
Yeah they are all crap. People in America still can’t pronounce Toe-reg hehe.
03/14, 1:50 PM
posted by:
kevan
I think they should call it the Gumbit
03/14, 6:23 PM
posted by:
digitalzombie
omg god weird ass name. Call it Gumbo cuz i always wanted to try gumbo soup. Or Tiger or name it after one of em Nazi WWII german tanks that were named after large cats. Or enigma after the german crazy code.
03/14, 11:23 PM
posted by:
Dave M.
The VW Eunich.
07/12, 12:33 PM
posted by:
Antonio
All of the names are crazy. I have been driving VW for the last 10 years and loving every minute of it! I like the name: V-wagon, ROCIO,ESP (Every Special Person),Tech V, VW/RT, VW5