The Vortex Reviews the Eos

July 19, 2006 – 4:01 pm by Matt Radel
Filed under Volkswagen Eos

Today’s mythology lesson, courtesy Jamie Vondruska over at the Vortex:

“In Greek mythology Eos was the goddess of Dawn. She apparently had a “fling” with Ares, Aphrodite’s lover and as the story goes Aphrodite (none too pleased with Eos) put a curse on her essentially turning Eos into a nymphomaniac(!). Eos then reportedly “fell in love” with a series of mortals and eventually married the Wind God Astraeus - thus the connection with Volkswagen historically naming cars after winds like Scirocco and Passat. And if you buy into the mythology, well then Eos was a bit of an unlucky tramp.”

Geez. And in my ignorance, I called the Eos “more of a man’s convertible” earlier. Oh well. At least it’s sexy. Jamie goes into much further detail about the tramp…er…car. At the risk of taking away from a very well written article (and well laid out-It’s quite pretty), I’ll simply suggest that you head over to the Vortex and read it. Especially if you’re considering a new convertible.

The Vortex Reviews the Eos
July 19, 2006 – 4:01 pm by Matt Radel