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Apr 14, 2008 11:33:23 GMT
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In enlightened America,the Dodge Demon was nearly sold as A valiant I don't think it was. The Valiant was an established Plymouth model and had been for many years. The Dodge brand had been using Rams horns (a satanic symbol if you care to read it that way) as well as devils in their advert during the late 60s at least. There are also "satanic overtones" in the 1968 Plymouth advertising with horned and fork-tailed hearts. Plymouth's beat goes on. The Dodge Demon sold for several years in the early 70s and in all the mopar lore I've read on them I've never once heard anyone say it was to be named anything else. I'm always interested to hear of attributable sources though.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Apr 14, 2008 11:38:13 GMT
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Mitsubishi Starion got it's name due to a phone call with a Japanese guy who mis-pronounced Stallion, which was supposed to continue the horse theme with their Colt. As others have dismissed this rumour I'll add my 2p. The story is always told that it was a stupid Japanese marketting exec talking to an equally stupid American advertising guy. Which is stupid when you consider the Starion was not sold in the US under the Starion name - it was called the Conquest when sold in the US market...
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Apr 14, 2008 11:41:00 GMT
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many cars are named after Gods, animals or things like that. Some are named after atributes. Many (as has been pointed out already) are specially named to mean nothing in any language.
I though Mondeo was a meaningless word but the "Mond" was supposed to conjour images of fashionability. It was called the Countour in the USA due to antipathy towards the French and French language there.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Apr 14, 2008 12:23:51 GMT
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many cars are named after Gods, animals or things like that. Some are named after atributes. Many (as has been pointed out already) are specially named to mean nothing in any language. I though Mondeo was a meaningless word but the "Mond" was supposed to conjour images of fashionability. It was called the Countour in the USA due to antipathy towards the French and French language there. Mondeo being "world car" as it was sold as many derivatives worldwide
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JC
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Apr 14, 2008 14:16:24 GMT
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Ive always wondered about the Rav4, if it was Rav3 it would look a bit like "Rave". And why are a lot of european car manufacturers unimaginative and use (or used at some point)numbers instead of names (BMW, Mercedes, Porsche, Fiat, Renault, Peugeot etc)
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MattW
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Apr 14, 2008 14:26:43 GMT
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Mitsubishi Starion got it's name due to a phone call with a Japanese guy who mis-pronounced Stallion, which was supposed to continue the horse theme with their Colt. As others have dismissed this rumour I'll add my 2p. The story is always told that it was a stupid Japanese marketting exec talking to an equally stupid American advertising guy. Which is stupid when you consider the Starion was not sold in the US under the Starion name - it was called the Conquest when sold in the US market... Actually, we had all 4(!) versions of that car over here. The Mitsubishi Starion was one, then the Dodge Conquest, Plymouth Conquest, and Chrysler Conquest. Yes, they sold the same car under three different brands, with the SAME EXACT NAME.
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Apr 14, 2008 16:11:32 GMT
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yeah, my French sucks. Mond means world not fashion. someone slap me.
Many euro makers have beenusing numbers not names for eVaH. Because a French name would mean nothign to a German, and likewise to a Fin so they just went with numbers. So I was told anyway.
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1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Llewelyn_
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Apr 14, 2008 17:16:50 GMT
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DeLorean DMC12.... I believe the "12" came from it supposedly costing $12,000 to buy - When it eventually reached production, the price was more like $25,000
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"Back off man, I'm a Scientist" - Dr. Peter Venkman
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Apr 14, 2008 17:28:13 GMT
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And why are a lot of european car manufacturers unimaginative and use (or used at some point)numbers instead of names (BMW, Mercedes, Porsche, Fiat, Renault, Peugeot etc) merc use numbers because its an easy way to tell what engine is in them, the letters also denote something too.. only falls down on a few models. I don't see it as being unimaginitive, I see it as not giving the car a really curse word name.
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Apr 14, 2008 20:59:54 GMT
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...the Starion was not sold in the US under the Starion name Yes it was. The Mitsu dealer version was called the Starion. Only the moper versions were called Conquest. I raced door handle to door handle with Dave Wolin's team Starions in all sorts of SS roadraces.
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Team Blitz Ford Capri parts worldwide: Restoration, Road, or Race. Used, Repro, and NOS, ranging from scabby to perfect. Itching your Capri jones since 1979! Buy, sell, trade. www.teamblitz.com blitz@teamblitz.com
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Apr 14, 2008 21:37:29 GMT
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my car is a 280ce so 2.8 coupe. nuff said.
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1995 Toyota rav-4 1978 Kawasaki Z650B
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bstardchild
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Apr 14, 2008 21:53:35 GMT
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'Mondeo' is so-called because it's supposed to be a worldwide car. Except that it's not sold in America. It is just not called a mungdeo
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Samage
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Apr 14, 2008 23:11:46 GMT
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ezzyrs
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Apr 14, 2008 23:27:59 GMT
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Metro 6R4 6= 6 cylinder R= Rear engine 4= 4 wheel drive What a monster, as a matter of interest, when Group B rallying was scrapped, all the remaining 6R4's were sold off for £13,000 each....
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Last Edit: Apr 14, 2008 23:28:40 GMT by ezzyrs
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MattW
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My Wiki-fu, it is strong. Yeah, but uncited stuff on Wikipedia carries about as much weight as a guy down the pub I'm afraid. In my opinion 'midship runabout' sounds, well, wrong quite frankly. It is far more likely to refer to the generally accepted 'MR' referring to the drivetrain but we could punt this back and forth endlessly unless some concrete evidence is found. I've found some evidence. You can't see it on that picture, but on the bootlid panel, over that raised triangle section, is the slogan "MIDSHIP RUNABOUT." When I get my AutoArt MR2 Spyder, I'll take a picture of said bootlid cover.
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