Another reason for the World name was just in case the imported line turned out to be junk (it wasn't).

Schwinn didn't want to mess around with imported bikes at all, but Panasonic's quoted a price cheaper than what Schwinn was paying for the raw materials on their own domestically made product.

I've got to learn how to make a thumbnail
Here's my World Voyager
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/c...7/IMG_0725.jpg