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Peter_L
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Location: New Brunswick. Canada.
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A "Pop Up Add" caught my attention. "The New Lincoln Corsair" U.S
I clearly remember the (British) Corsair and nearly buying one in the 1960's. 878MDT Immaculate one owner. (but that's a different story)
Curious as to the meaning of the word Corsair, I found this.
Mid 16th century: from French corsaire, from medieval Latin cursarius, from cursus ‘a raid, plunder’, special use of Latin cursus ‘course’, from currere ‘to run’.
Although I like my "modern" Dodge Journey, I really don't like the name. Out of the 25+ different models I have owned, this is the only name I have disliked.
Do Model names influence ??
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Ray White
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When Ford brought out the Capri, for me, the name conjured up a wonderful Mediterranean island paradise.
Remember, in the 1960's Capri was THE holiday destination; particularly if you were well heeled.
(But then, if you were, you probably wouldn't buy a Ford!) |
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Penman
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Who remembers the FIAT Flymo (sorry that should be Ritmo)
and the Talbot Samba the last letter of which was often mispronounced?
What on earth possessed VW to name a car Rabbit?
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MikeEdwards
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I remember Fiat were about to launch a car in the UK called the "Argenta" (which IIRC was a 132 with some plastic trim bits) but thought better of it after the Falklands conflict.
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badhuis
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Location: Netherlands
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2021 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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| MikeEdwards wrote: | | I remember Fiat were about to launch a car in the UK called the "Argenta" (which IIRC was a 132 with some plastic trim bits) but thought better of it after the Falklands conflict. |
Presumably this was not an issue here here in the Netherlands. The Fiat Argenta was available here, a fairly non-descript slow selling car.
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Minxy
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I always wondered what Ford were thinking when they came up with the ‘Ford Probe’
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Miken
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There have been a few cars named after adult magazines.
Escort, Fiesta, Hustler. Also the Playboy from the Playboy motor corp.
Any others? |
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Peter_L
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| Miken wrote: | There have been a few cars named after adult magazines.
Escort, Fiesta, Hustler. Also the Playboy from the Playboy motor corp.
Any others? |
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Crashbox
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The Vauxhall Nova was the first generation Opel Corsa in the rest of Europe because "No va" is Spanish for "does not go"
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Miken
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| Miken wrote: | There have been a few cars named after adult magazines.
Escort, Fiesta, Hustler. Also the Playboy from the Playboy motor corp.
Any others? |
Also the Mini "Mayfair" |
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mikeC
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| MikeEdwards wrote: | | I remember Fiat were about to launch a car in the UK called the "Argenta" (which IIRC was a 132 with some plastic trim bits) but thought better of it after the Falklands conflict. |
The Argenta was, indeed, sold in the UK - I had one - and I don't recall any adverse association linking the name with Argentina at the time.
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MikeEdwards
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| mikeC wrote: | | MikeEdwards wrote: | | I remember Fiat were about to launch a car in the UK called the "Argenta" (which IIRC was a 132 with some plastic trim bits) but thought better of it after the Falklands conflict. |
The Argenta was, indeed, sold in the UK - I had one - and I don't recall any adverse association linking the name with Argentina at the time. |
I wonder why I thought that, then. Perhaps just in my head.
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norustplease
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| mikeC wrote: | | MikeEdwards wrote: | | I remember Fiat were about to launch a car in the UK called the "Argenta" (which IIRC was a 132 with some plastic trim bits) but thought better of it after the Falklands conflict. |
The Argenta was, indeed, sold in the UK - I had one - and I don't recall any adverse association linking the name with Argentina at the time. |
We had a family member who had a Fiat dealership at that time. He stated that Fiat operated a quota system which meant that they had to sell a certain number of each model. The Argentas didn't sell well and they ended up using many of them as company cars and then discounting them heavily as second hand. He couldn't get enough of the smaller models, which sold like hot cakes, but customers did not associate Fiat with larger plushier cars.
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Riley Blue
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There was a diesel powered Peugeot, I forget the model number, and the turbocharged version had the letters TurD on the back.
My own Riley must have one of the most unimaginative car names ever: 'One-Point-Five' or, as it appears all too often, '1.5' - does anyone have any idea why it and the 4/68 and 4/72 were given such mediocre names?
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V8 Nutter
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| Americans always used to be good at model names. Eldorado, Thunderbird, Impala, Challenger, Bel Air, Mustang. To name a few. Always made the car seem more exotic, fast or powerful than it really was. They seem to have lost that nowadays |
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