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10-30-2001, 11:17 AM | #47 | |
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Well, at least they mean something....
I've yet to figure out what "Lanos", "Nubira", and "Leganza" mean
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11-15-2001, 10:14 PM | #48 | |
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I don't know what Lanos Nubira or Leganza mean, but Nubira is fun to say. ;P.
I have never liked a car name that isn't a name, but a letter/number. Doesn't neccesarily mean I won't like the car, but I won't like the name. number/letter combos should be reserved for trim levels in my head. I still haven't forgiven Acura for ditching the legend name(CL SUCKS). Why I will never like them.(yes I am contradicting myself, but hey it is my opinion I can contradict it where I see fit)
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11-16-2001, 08:44 AM | #49 | |
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Dodge Power Wagon is a perfect description
Ramcharger is cool too I think Mercury is an appealing brandname, much nicer than that other Ford aka Volvo. Pity it isn't allowed to flourish But I reckon the best names belong to Studebaker. STOO-DEE-BAY-KAHH Even 'Studie' alone is wonderfully evocative and then dress it up with Cruiser (Land Cruiser too) Dictator, Challenger, Daytona etc Maybe not unique to Oz but here the Mazda 323 is known in the trade as the 'Tarzan' 'tree-to-tree' ... get it? Many years ago we were inflicted with the Datsun Cedric, which is about as nancy as you can get ... 'Dat-thun Thedric' Worst are those ridiculous japlish ones. Imagine bragging to your mates down the pub that you've just bought a Guppy? Or a Mazda Bongo van? If they're good and loyal mates you'd probably and rightly get bashed by them if you admitted owning a Daihatsu Hi Jet Dumbo Speaking of Daihatsus and crap model names, I recall a local road test of a Daihatsu 'Applause'. The tester hated the car, thoroughly detested it, moaning about low power, tinny build, underweight brakes and many other defects, and concluded by saying that .. "the Applause is only marginally preferable to the clap" .. |
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11-16-2001, 09:07 AM | #51 | |
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... only the ones that are attracted to other Cedrics, fella ..
after all .. Thedric is as Thedric does |
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11-16-2001, 01:52 PM | #53 | |
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As for car names....
Nissan have had some gooduns and some bloody god-awful ones. They have the Pulsar, which I always thought was cool - being into stars and all. And the Primera - that's cool; like primeval or primal. Cool stuff. Then they have....tha Homy. The Laurel (where's the Hardy). The Gloria. The Silvia (sorry guys - it's not a good name ). The Cedric (bugger mentioned it before me!). Oh dear.
(Unfortunately I have to say I'm not at all sure that Skyline is a particularly strong name for a car. Godzilla is, though And despite my predjudice against many American cars, I have to say they come up with some of the coooooooolest names: Mustang, Cobra, Viper, Trans-am, Firebird, Camaro. Beautiful names
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11-16-2001, 02:40 PM | #54 | |
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Quote from Moondog: "Then they have ... tha Homy"
... geez - thats a bad one ... LOL !! though I rather like the indefagidably US auto characteristics of a smooth highway ride and plenty of power and those names are fantastic 'cept for the worrysome Chevy ((((impact)))) ps: ever heard of the "Three Little Buffalos"? (not kidding) |
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Re: As for car names....
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As for Skyline, it may sound puny when placed next to a Firebird, but I also feel it's fitting because the most perfect image I get in my head of this car is seeing it cruise the night-fallen techno-electronic modernized streets of downtown Tokyo. It blends in with the city's skyline; a part of industrial night-life which has spawned the various 'midnight racing clubs' strewn throughout the country. And NO I don't play Tokyo Extreme Racer--this is just how I always thought of it. |
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maxima:smoker: :flash:
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a real c*%# of a car
Honda's new mini car - now called Jazz in some markets and Fit on others - was originally known as Fitta, a rude name for female gentials in Sweden. It took Honda some months to learn of its faux pas; it then hastily changed the badge in Europe to Jazz
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GENTIALS?!?!
Did I just type up female 'gentials'?
Ooops! ... well you KNOW what I meant ... |
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incidentally, tiburon is portuguese for shark. related articles (where do they get this stuff): http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/0...e_newcar.shtml http://irishcar.com/daewootacumark.htm
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