What is a Gol?

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What is a Gol?

By Dave Leggett - 25 March 2003 17:25

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No not a sea gull. It is the Portuguese word for goal that is used by those football crazy Brazilians as the label for the top-selling Volkswagen model. Our Brazilian correspondent, Rogerio, has filed an item with a picture of it - it's the first Brazilian model to be fitted with VW's 'flex fuel' system engine. The new version can run on petrol, alcohol or a mixture of the two and its output varies between 97hp and 99hp. Actually, I noticed recently that the latest ANFAVEA data shows that alcohol-powered car sales in Brazil are on the up.

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