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[Otto Puzzell]

A pedant writes:
a. Golf isn't Gulf
b. Gulf Stream isn't a wind, it's an ocean current
c. Ζέφυρος (Zephyrus or Zephyr) was the Greek god of wind, specifically the West wind

Gulf Stream is both an oceanic current and a prevailing wind.
Volkswagen introduced during a good portion of the latter part of the 20th century were named for winds.
Golf is the German form of Gulf.
I freely admit I'm directionally challenged

[faksta]

If the above link is OK, here is my attempt.

Lincoln Zephyr and 1940 ZIS 101A - both cars were produced at factories which were named after the politic leaders of their countries (Abraham Lincoln and Joseph Stalin respectively).

[Paul Jaray]

A pedant writes:
a. Golf isn't Gulf
b. Gulf Stream isn't a wind, it's an ocean current
c. Ζέφυρος (Zephyrus or Zephyr) was the Greek god of wind, specifically the West wind

Gulf Stream is both an oceanic current and a prevailing wind.
Volkswagen introduced during a good portion of the latter part of the 20th century were named for winds.
Golf is the German form of Gulf.
I freely admit I'm directionally challenged

I'm enjoing your discussion, and I thought Otto's link is good.
I don't think Allan is challenging anyone (but I'm not speaking for him, since he can do for himself) and I appreciate his help to find the right ones.
Sometimes I tend to accept almost every connections because I trust them (for me Golf is Tiger Wood's 2nd sport, that's why there was the Golf ball on the shift stick, but different country may imply different meanings) and you may know more than me.
@Allan, thank you for your support but I'll also would like you to find new connections, besides supposed mistakes. 

@Faksta 

[Allemano]

A pedant writes:
a. Golf isn't Gulf
b. Gulf Stream isn't a wind, it's an ocean current
c. Ζέφυρος (Zephyrus or Zephyr) was the Greek god of wind, specifically the West wind

Gulf Stream is both an oceanic current and a prevailing wind.
Volkswagen introduced during a good portion of the latter part of the 20th century were named for winds.
Golf is the German form of Gulf.
I freely admit I'm directionally challenged

Nitpicking, but I guess Alan is right. You hardly find a Golf wind in any German dictionary.
Golfstrom ~ Gulf Stream (name giver of the VW Golf)
e.g Golf von Persien ~ Gulf of Persia = an ocean bay
and Golf sport (same spelling in both languages)

[Paul Jaray]

I know there are points at stake, but this is a game, 1st of all.
I'm glad Allan helps me with the tricky ones, because I can't know all, in all markets and in every languages.
In my language Golf is not a wind, I'm pretty sure VW had not in mind a wind for that name but the same word can be associated to a wind in German language, it seems.
In my language Zephiro is a gentle breeze, like a wind: that's why for me it was good.
I remember you all that we had connection like "both cars are named after polish heavy metal bands "!
I want to keep it serious, but not that serious:
@Allan: your remarks are precious, keep them coming (togheter with your connections)
@Otto: your link it's good, the meaning was right.
@All: it's a game, not a challenge.

[Otto Puzzell]

I never said Golf by itself was a wind, I said Golf was the German form of Gulf. The term "Golf" (or golfe) predated "Gulf"

Gulf: c.1300, from O.Fr. golfe "a gulf, whirlpool," from It. golfo "a gulf, a bay," from L.L. colfos, from Gk. kolpos "bay, gulf," earlier "trough between waves, fold of a garment," originally "bosom," the common notion being "curved shape," from PIE *qwelp- "to vault" (cf. O.E. hwealf, a-hwielfan "to overwhelm"). Latin sinus underwent the same development, being used first for "bosom," later for "gulf." Replaced O.E. sæ-earm. Figurative sense of "a wide interval" is from 1557. The Gulf Stream (1775) takes its name from the Gulf of Mexico.

As to the origins of the car's name being the Gulf Stream, it appears in a few different articles about the car. Here's an example.

[Allan L]

The USofA origin of that piece results in some strange statements.
He says that the Golf is the successor to the Rabbit but I believe that Rabbit was the Golf's name in North America. In about 1974 the Golf and the Polo were named after games - or will someone tell me that Polo was named after a toroid-shaped mint sweet?

[Otto Puzzell]

The USofA origin of that piece results in some strange statements.
He says that the Golf is the successor to the Rabbit but I believe that Rabbit was the Golf's name in North America. In about 1974 the Golf and the Polo were named after games - or will someone tell me that Polo was named after a toroid-shaped mint sweet?

Nothing strange about it. In the US, the car sold as the Golf most of the rest of the world, was launched as the Rabbit it its first iteration. Subsequent generations fell in line with the name used elsewhere - "Golf".

Now, here's a site from the UK - land of all that is correct and the font of unassailable and absolute truth - that references the origins of the Golf name:

http://www.1stchoice.co.uk/parts_vwgolf.htm

I eagerly await a response along the lines of "well, that's the internet, bla bla bla". Since the internet is the medium you are using to nay-say my statements, I suppose I should reject your arguments out-of-hand, as well.

Enjoy your mints.

[Allan L]

Who cars how they chose the name really?!

At least it gives me a chance to revive an old joke which was that the Polo was so-called because its price was high enough to make a hole in anybody's mint.

[Paul Jaray]

Lincoln Zephyr and 1940 ZIS 101A - both cars were produced at factories which were named after the politic leaders of their countries (Abraham Lincoln and Joseph Stalin respectively).
Who's next?

[Otto Puzzell]

1940 ZIS 101A and a Datsun 100A

Each shares a name in common with at least one exit /interchange on the US Interstate highway system. (there's an exit 101A in Seminole County, FL, and an exit 100A in Mount Airy, NC)

[Paul Jaray]

  I like this!

[75america]

Datsun 100A and SS 90.  Both brands changed names Nissan - Jaguar

[metalshapes]

The SS 90  and the 1926 Ford Model T.

The SS 90 cost 310 Pounds, the '26 T cost 310 Dollars.

[Paul Jaray]

Great ones!

[Arunas]

Let's try:

Ford Model T and  TZ Sider 300:

Most T's were painted black while all TZ Siders were only red.

[Paul Jaray]

We already had this one  : White Red Bus 1936  and  Alfa Romeo SZ 1989 both cars have only one official colour scheme.

[Allan L]

It is actually a myth that Ford only made black Model Ts - that may have been the case during the war and post-war, but for its first decade or so there were many officially available colours (sorry, colors ).

[Carnut]

It is actually a myth that Ford only made black Model Ts - that may have been the case during the war and post-war, but for its first decade or so there were many officially available colours (sorry, colors ).

You're right Allan - it's one of those myths like Humphrey Bogart saying "Play it again Sam" or James Cagney saying "You dirty rat".  None of them were ever true but you trying telling anyone that!

[metalshapes]

The black paint Ford used on the ModelT's was called Japan Black.

It was Asphalt based and fast drying.

So when the assembly lines got too quick for other color paints, they used Japan Black.

by the end of the '20s there were other types of paint that could keep up, and you could buy your new Ford in different colors again.

[Djetset]

If the TZ Sider has been disallowed, I guess we are still stuck with the Ford Model T.  So how about;

Ford Model T - the first mass-produced car in America, and...
Citroen Type A - the first mass-produced car in Europe.  Does this one work?

[Paul Jaray]

It's perfect, and a new thing to learn!

[Carnut]

Terrific, Djetset.
And we are expecting something at least as spectacular for your 2000th post!

[pnegyesi]

Citroen Type-A and UrSaab - both are the first automotive products of a company, which was previously occupied with military efforts (Citroen produced ammo, Saab produced airplanes)

[DynaMike]

This picture somehow looked familiar... http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=10622.75