>Let's face it, some car names just fit better than others. No one complains
>about "Electra" or "LeSabre" or "Chevelle" or "Camaro" not having meaning, do
>they? And a corvette is a "lightly armed warship, smaller than a destroyer."
> Kinda fits. I once had a Volkswagen Scirocco -- a warm Mediterranean wind
>sort of car...
>
Then there are the names that are translations. "Tercel" in Japanese supposedly
means hawk. Given the car's size, it's more like chicken hawk. ;-) Corolla is a
flower, I think. Could be wrong. The the Nissan Stanza. Stanza is a section of
poetry, akin to a paragraph of prose...
>Maybe we should allow truth in advertising to rule in car names. The Honda
>Boring (comes in three sizes!). The Acura Boring with Some Luxury. The
>Chevy POS (pick a model!). The Chrysler Stylin' but Crappy. The Ford Clumsy.
>
I suppose then you'd have the Toyota Appliance, the Lexus Mercedes-Wannabe,
Pontiac Ugly, and Kia Cheap. How about a few more?
-=Chris
'79 Midget
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