At 10:29 AM 2/11/97 -0800, nolan penney wrote:
>>I have been following the thread on LBC and other vehicle names. There
>>seems to be a feeling that a lot of LBC names don't exactly have a macho
>>connotation.
>
>Absolutely! Spitfire, named after some clapped out airplane. Jaguar.
Jaguar? WHo on
>earth would want a car named after a kitty cat?
>
I think the Swallow Sidecar Co. had a problem with the name SS during the
war. (SS was not super sport like in the U.S., the German meaning was felt
in Britain) so they changed their name to Jaguar. Remember when Kimber and
company were burning up the world with MG sports cars, Jaguar was making
side cars for cycles. But you all know that after reading MG history, and
watching Inside the Octagon
Mike
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