A company was actually paid to come up with the name "Acura." Many cars
are named that way. Chrysler had a contest for people to submit names
and then they chose a winner. One or two of the cloud cars came out of
that, I believe. With all the cars out there, new names are apparently
difficult to come by. That's one of the reasons Acura is now changing
to letter designations I suppose. I wish somebody would get creative
and quit naming cars names that end in the letter 'a.'
Adrian
http://www.midgetweb.com
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From Frank Clarici [mailto:spritenut at Exit109.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 11:07 AM
To: Spridgets
Subject: Modern car names, no LBC
Cruising around this morning I was just pondering what the meaning of
modern
car names mean.
I understood animal names, fish names, and even cars with just numbers
refering to the model.
But, what does a Vigor mean?
Is it ALMOST vigor-ous?
What about an Acura?
Almost acurate?
The Maxipad is obvious, and some even come with wings!
And the Isuzu Styless speaks for itself although they do spell it
differently.
I ask my neighbor what the meaning of his new Altima meant?
He nor the dealer could say.
Why not call it Sushi? We Know fish models, Marlin, Barricuda.
And does anybody remember when a totally redisigned model really DID
look
different than the model before it?
And if you are really old, you probably remember when you could tell
what
brand a car was without having to read the name on the back.
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