an observation about european cars vs the rest of the world....

[Bob]

Maserati also named some of their cars after winds (other than the obvious
biturbo, (although theoretically is a really big wind!) 425, 225 etc  of
course).  Lambo names them after bulls, Ferrari has a 'redhead' (now THATS
corny!), Aston Martin has Vantage, Virage etc which are right up there with
subaru and acura type names.  Then of course there is lancia with some strange
names (Delta, stratos...).....

Bob

"Beatty, Robert" wrote:

> ok i missed one :)
>
> Rob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Per Lindgren [mailto:lindgre at online.no]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 11:51 AM
> To: Beatty, Robert
> Cc: 'audi list'
> Subject: Re: an observation about european cars vs the rest of the
> world....
>
> What about Volkswagen? They have used various winds and sports since 1974.
> Passat, Scirocco, Jetta, Vento, Bora are many different types of winds. Golf
> and
> Polo are types of sports. Eurovan is a made up name, same is Sharan AFAIK.
> And
> there are many more.
>
> PerL
> 92 Cabrio 2.3E
>
> "Beatty, Robert" wrote:
>
> > Something I have noticed recently while driving....
> >
> > I cant think of a European car imported to the US that has an off the wall
> > name.  It seems all the cars coming from Audi, BMW, Volvo, ect ect have
> > model names like A4 or 325i or 740L.
> >
> > In comparision, Ford, GM, Dodge, Honda, Toyota all have off the wall
> names.
> > Some are after animals, Impala and Mustang to name a few.  Others are
> > abstracts like the Focus or Neon.  Others are named after races, LeMans is
> > one Gran Prix is another.  I wonder why European manufacturers treat the
> > consumer like we actually know something, and the American ones treat
> > everyone like idiots?  I mean come on... WIDE TRACK?  Spare me the
> rhertoric
> > and just point out things about your car that I might like, dont come off
> > like most of us know nothing about anything.
> >
> > Hhehehe sorry about the rambling, but I just wanted to mention what I had
> > been thinking about :)
> >
> > Rob
> >
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