On Tue, 11 Feb 1997 16:18:31 -0800 nolan penney <npenney@concentric.net>
writes:
>> I don't know, the Dodge Neon sounds really bad to me
>
>I must confess, I rather like their goofy ads and the name.
>
>I get really tired of all the "tough" names, especially the backwards
>looking
>ones. I know what a LeMans was, and it wasn't this little tiddler
>that call it
>today. Same the Bonny, the Mustang II (god that *hurt*), the Charger.
> Oh, the
>Charger, why didn't they just let that name die a dignified death! A
>castrated
>unibh of a car now.
>
I'm sure you would be relieved to learn that Chrysler was originally
going to call the Concorde (or was it the Cirrus?) a "300E", but decided
that the name would not garner much recognition.
David Littlefield
Houston, TX
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