Reading between the lines, this doesn't seem to be any kind of "official"
concept -- it is a rendering commissioned by the magazine editors -- in
other words, pure speculation. The logo is probably just a mistake on the
part of the rendering artist. The car company and the motorcycle company
have been separate since 1936.
--
Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
on 10/17/07 11:59 AM, David Breneman at david_breneman@yahoo.com wrote:
> --- Aeseeyou@aol.com wrote:
>
>> Beside which, the new Triumph really looks great! In fact it looks
>> like a
>> 21st Century TR4 ...the little roadsters pedigree is undeniable!
>
> Funny, my first impression on seeing that picture a few days
> ago was "Well, it's certainly ugly enough to be a Triumph!"
> I assume that the great height of the front end is to accommodate
> the new European "pedestrian impact" regulations -- but what's
> with the Triumph *motocycle* logo on the license plate? Is
> BMW going to work in some sort of cross-promotional thing?
>
>
> David Breneman david_breneman@yahoo.com
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