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Volkswagen's name change of U.S. 'Voltswagen' operations was April Fool's marketing prank, source says cnb.cx/39qcfRa by

@MikeWayland

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Volkswagen's name change of U.S. operations to 'Voltswagen' was April Fool's marketing prank

Volkswagen's U.S. unit will not change its name even after the German automaker issued a statement on Tuesday saying it would.

8:27 PM · Mar 30, 2021Twitter Web App

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Mohammad AbuGhazaleh

@MoAbughazaleh

Mar 31, 2021

Here comes all the "domain'ers"! voltswagonofamerica.com voltswagonpa.com voltswagononline.com voltswagonusa.com voltswagonparts.com voltswagonstore.com Expect many more over the next, say year!

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Matt Blake

@mattblake94

Mar 31, 2021

Brands do stupid shit all the time. At this rate it's not out the bounds of possibility. I thought it was stupid. I thought it might get reversed, wondered if it was really true, but I didn't doubt that it COULD be true. Because it wouldn't surprise me if they did.