I have heard that those and other names are now computer selected. They
mean NOTHING, just a group of letters that sound good together.
At least the old names bore some relationship to the world. Impala, MG,
Oldsmobile, F.I.A.T, etc. Maybe I should have switched those first
two......the Sacred Octagon should be first!
Regards, Ray
At 10:01 PM 12/15/97 -0500, Steve Byers wrote:
>Vectra, Achieva, Calibra, Sentra, Tercel....
>Does anyone else find these names -- that mean absolutely nothing in any
>known language, but sound like they do -- annoying? At least Nova could be
>read "No va" ("it doesn't go", in Spanish).
>
>Steve Byers
>Havelock, NC USA
>
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>> From: hert@worldaccess.nl
>> To: mgs@autox.team.net; "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>
>> Subject: Antw: Vacation
>> Date: Thursday, December 04, 1997 5:38 AM
>>
>> Lawrie,
>> it's good to hear you had such a good time in England, fortunately
>there's a feeling for heritage
>> and style there that makes for a great atmosphere in cars, houses,
>lifestyle etc. You wrote:
>>
>> > I just returned from two weeks in England. I put 930 miles on a
>Vauxhall
>> > Vectra <clip>
>> > should be equivalent to the Pontiac Sunfire and Oldsmobile Achieva
>> <snip>
>> >
>> Actually, the Vectra is a German Opel <clip>
>>. A sporty but ugly coupe called Calibra is based on the same car.
>>
>> Peter
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