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http://www.autoevolution.com/news/mr-spock-and-captain-kirk-will-promote-volkswagen-s-e-golf-video-87177.html Mr. Spock and Captain Kirk Will Promote the Volkswagen e-Golf (Video) by Mihnea Radu 29th September 2014 [images http://s1.cdn.autoevolution.com/images/news/mr-spock-and-captain-kirk-will-promote-volkswagen-s-e-golf-video-87177_1.jpg http://www.autoevolution.com/news/mr-spock-and-captain-kirk-will-promote-volkswagen-s-e-golf-video-87177.html# gallery videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHj_ZRRETi0 #vwfuture: Selfie Nimoy 2 Volkswagen Sep 29, 2014 Leonard Nemoy kommt aus der Zukunft. Was er jetzt bei #vwfuture erlebt hat, beschreibt er so... Leonard Nemoy is a man of the future and describes what he just experienced with #vwfuture with a single word. Check it out yourself! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seBkbxufLyc #vwfuture: Selfie Shatner 1 Volkswagen Sep 29, 2014 William Shatner hat seine neue Liebe gefunden - den e-Golf. #vwfuture #emobility #eGolf William Shatner found his new love - the e-Golf. #vwfurure #emobility #eGolf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAHCrw_5hQk #vwfuture: Comeback Volkswagen Sep 29, 2014 William Shatner und Leonard Nemoy alias Cpt. Kirk und Spock gemeinsam an einem Set. Planen beide ein Comeback? #vwfuture William Shatner and Leonard Nemoy alias Cpt. Kirk and Spock together on a film set. Is their comeback imminent? #vwfuture ] Because the Vulcan salute and the Volkswagen logo have so much in common, it's been decided that Mr Spock and James T. Kirk are the perfect people to spread Volkswagen's message from the future. The German carmaker's very first electric car, the e-Golf, is about to hit American showrooms, and two legendary Star Trek actors are going to star in its marketing campaign. The commercials aren't quite ready to air yet, but we're the two actors seem to be very impressed with the electric hatchback, which is always a good sign. Starting at $35,445 plus destination, the e-Golf is going to be a tough sale to make for VW dealers. However, this Nissan Leaf rival has the right badge and plenty of standard equipment to make up for its hefty price. Last time we saw Leonard Nimoy, he played a very dignified future version of Mr. Spock in the reboot of Star Trek as a Hollywood blockbuster. As for William Shatner, well he hasn't aged as well, but since he's 83 and a big car fan, we'll let that slide. Not that this has any relevance to our story about electric Golfs, but we thought you Trekkies (that's what Star Trek fans are called) might want to know that Nimoy based the Vulcan salute on a Jewish blessing sign made with two hands in the same position as a symbol of the Hebrew letter Shin, meaning "Almighty" (God). It's kind of funny how a religious symbol ties in with the Hippie generation, their VW Buses in the 60s and 70s and now an electric vehicle from the same company. [© autoevolution.com] http://www.timesofisrael.com/the-jewish-stars-of-star-trek-shill-for-vw/ The Jewish stars of ‘Star Trek’ shill for VW By Julie Wiener September 30, 2014 [images http://cdn.timesofisrael.com/uploads/2013/03/Leonard_Nimoy_William_Shatner_Star_Trek_1968-e1364348061718.jpg William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy to plug car for automaker that cooperated with Nazis Leonard Nimoy (left) and William Shatner in a 'Star Trek' poster, 1968 (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons) http://cdn.timesofisrael.com/uploads/2013/06/1931-1945-volkswagen_beetle-8.jpg Hitler presides over the dedication of the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg. (photo credit: public domain) ] Last year Volkswagen donated more than a million dollars to an international youth center at Auschwitz. In 2011 it donated $1 million to the Anti-Defamation League. And in 2009 it was reported that the Beetle — that iconic VW creation — was actually designed by a Jew. But the German automaker — which, like other industries in the Third Reich, cooperated with the Nazis and has been boycotted by many Jews as a result — may have finally figured out a strategy to put the stigma of its past behind it. It has recruited both the stars of the original “Star Trek” series to plug its new car, the e-Golf, in the United States. According to Auto Evolution, William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy — both Jewish — will star in the marketing campaign for VW’s first electric car. The two were apparently tapped because the “Vulcan salute and the Volkswagen logo have so much in common,” the auto industry publication reported. That salute, as any Jewish Trekkie worth his salt will know, is similar to a Jewish blessing sign – two hands forming the Hebrew letter Shin — that frequently appears on Jewish gravestones. Could the twin appearance of Spock and Kirk convince diehard boycotters of German cars (who, as journalist Jeffrey Goldberg noted in a recent Atlantic column, rarely boycott any other German products) to drop their grudge and buy the wagon of der Volk? Bimah me up, Scottie! [© 2014 The Times of Israel] ... http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=shill ... http://home.comcast.net/~pschattner/Schattner.html 'Shatner changed his family name when he arrived in Canada' ... http://www.breakingchristiannews.com/articles/display_art.html?ID=8991 'Nimoy Reveals the Jewish Origins of "Live Long and Prosper" Sign' ... [video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyiWkWcR86I Live Long and Prosper: The Jewish Story Behind Spock, Leonard Nimoy's Star Trek Character Yiddish Book Center Feb 6, 2014 Leonard Nimoy explains the Jewish story behind the hand-gesture he made famous through his role as Spock on in the Star Trek science fiction series. ] ... http://www.jta.org/2009/09/14/news-opinion/the-telegraph/who-designed-the-beetle ... http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bimah For EVLN posts use: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html#nabble+template%2FNamlServlet.jtp%3Fmacro%3Dsearch_page%26node%3D413529%26query%3Devln%26sort%3Ddate http://evfleetworld.co.uk/news/2014/Oct/Gnewt-Cargo-doubles-the-size-of-its-all-electric-delivery-fleet-with-Alphabet/0438016578 Alphabet helps Gnewt Cargo double its Kangoo EV delivery fleet http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/09/28/why-hydrogen-cars-may-be-stranded-before-they-even.aspx OT: fcvs Stranded Before They Even Hit the Road http://www.just-auto.com/news/report-says-ev-infrastructure-will-grow-73_id150694.aspx South Korea's public EVSE infrastructure is growing driven by demand + EVLN: 2in1 EV motor more efficient for a warming planet {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Spock-n-Kirk-shill-for-e-Golf-EV-videos-tp4671955.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
