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Message no. 1
From: l-hansen@*****.tele.dk (Lars Wagner Hansen)
Subject: Vehicle names??? (was: Decker arguments (kind of))
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 15:19:09 +0100
From: "Gurth" <gurth@******.nl>
>
> My point is that most SR car names are existing words that the author
> probably felt sounded cool, but most of which IMHO just sound silly --
> whereas RL car names tend to be nonsensical words that don't mean anything
> (except in certain languages that the factory didn't consider when they
> thought up the name ;) but are picked mainly for how they sound. Cars
> aren't called Runabout, Tsarina or Jackrabbit, but Saxo, Vectra or 911
> Turbo.

All of the following carnames are from RL, and they are not nonsensical
words that don't mean anything:

AC Shelby Cobra
Bentley Azure
Buick LeSabre
Buick LaCrosse (ask the french what that means :-)
Chevrolet Celebrity
Chevrolet Corvette
Chevrolet Greenbrier
Chrysler LeBaron
Daihatsu Naked
DeSoto Firedome
Dodge Coronet
Dodge Crestwood
Dodge Diplomat
Dodge Dynasty
Dodge Ram,
Dodge St. Regis
Dodge Viper
Ford Aspire
Ford Explorer
Ford Lincoln Versailles
Ford Mustang
FSO Warszawa
Honda Life Dunk
Honda That's
Invicta Black Prince Wentworth
Isuzu GIGA 20 Light Dump
Isuzu Mysterious Utility
Lamborghini Diablo
Lamborghini Murciélago (named after a famous bull)
Mazda Bongo
Mitsubishi Delica Space Gear
Mitsubishi Pistachio
Nissan Fairlady Z
Nissan Prairie Joy
Plymouth Barracuda
Pontiac Executive
Pontiac Parisienne
Rambler Country Club
Rickman Space Ranger
Rinspeed X-Dream
Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost
Rolls-Royce Phantom
Land Rover
Range Rover
Suzuki Cappucino
Toyota Deliboy
Toyota Toyopet
Volkswagen Thing
Volkswagen Touareg (yes it is a real word)
Volugrafo Bimbo

Lars
Message no. 2
From: wilson.reis@*****.com (Wilson Reis)
Subject: Vehicle names??? (was: Decker arguments (kind of))
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:32:38 -0200
On 1/12/07, Lars Wagner Hansen <l-hansen@*****.tele.dk> wrote:
> From: "Gurth" <gurth@******.nl>
>
> All of the following carnames are from RL, and they are not nonsensical
> words that don't mean anything:
>
> AC Shelby Cobra
(...)


And Gurth forgot to mention the influence of the infamous
"TopDog´s Manifesto: On car names and such things", released in 2032
and fully incorporated in the manufacturer´s lines in 2034.

Will

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