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Subject:Re: From the vw news rumor mill
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Sat, 1 Jan 2005 01:22:23 +1300

>If my memory don't trick me, the NSU Prinz had only 600cc and never a
>automatic transmissio. Later they buils the Prinz 1000 (cc) and the Prinz
>1200 (cc). At least the 1200 came with automatic as an option. The automatic
>you mention was build in Holland into a automobile produce by the DAF (Dutch
>Automobil Factury). This car could run forward and reverse with the same
>speed. DAF was later overtaken  by VOLVO.

And of course we all know that DAF invented the CVT... as well as
some awful cars (later sold as Volvos).
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Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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