In article <001b01c1e26e$16face20$550d0150@u8p1p8>, William Davies
<bill@rarebits4classics.co.uk> writes
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
>>
>> To add insult to injury, this car was a Toledo - a *Seat* Toledo. Did
>> Seat buy the rights to the name from BMW, or did they just pinch it?
>
>Hi Mike,
> All car names (at least in the UK) are held on a register - I think
>one of the Graham Robson books on BMC featured a list of which names
>were held by which companies, including names which were never actually
>used. As the story goes, SEAT had to ask permission of Rover Group (as
>was) if they could use the name Toledo - the reply apparently was
>"Why???" It may be apocryphal, but it's a good story,
Indeed it is! Thanks, Bill - and thanks to everyone else who replied
to these queries.
ATB
--
Mike
Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea"
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html
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