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Thu Jul 03, 2008 8:17 pm

i was just wondering why busses are called bulli's?
Is Bulli the german word for bus?
just curious, thanks. dave

Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:20 pm

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/dic/b.php

Fri Jul 04, 2008 2:27 am

i cannot agree with the definition given:
(german: small bull)
correct: it was a nickname already used in the factory for its 'massive', ' considerable' front. the german adjective for that is "bullig"

Fri Jul 04, 2008 2:28 am

see also
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/VW_Bus

Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:03 am

Does bulli not translate as Small Bull?

I cannot read the German.
Give me a good definition and I will update the page.

Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:41 am

David Eccles quotes Heinz Nordhoff at the press launch of the bus referring to the Lanz Bulldog tractor as the reason they were not calling it the Bullybus. The name stuck.

Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:06 am

I always heard (and read) that Bulli is how germans call the French Bulldog and they frist intention was to call the bus Bulli. The name was caught by a brand for a tractor model. So VW didn't have any name and they had to present her bus at the press.. so they call it just Transporter... and that's where the 'T' from T1, T2 etc comes... not from type.

Of course maybe I'm wrong but now with the new T5 they launched a model called Bulli!

Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:07 am

fig wrote: David Eccles quotes Heinz Nordhoff at the press launch of the bus referring to the Lanz Bulldog tractor as the reason they were not calling it the Bullybus. The name stuck.
sorry fig didn't read your post :p you said that before...

Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:20 pm

thanks for the info.

Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:07 am

interestingly VW AG finally acquired the rights to use the name Bulli last year after years of wrangling and it's now used to badge some of the T5 models...

Sat Jul 05, 2008 7:54 pm

David Eccles wrote: interestingly VW AG finally acquired the rights to use the name Bulli last year after years of wrangling and it's now used to badge some of the T5 models...
So does that mean VW will start hassling Mr. Pribanic about the Bullibrigade in Florida?
I wouldn't put it past them...

Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:16 pm

damn...there goes westcoastbullies.

i actually starting using this because i thought it was "un-copyriteable".

i heard their after the word "vintage" next...