Do they not understand how important names are????
#17
Mayby some of the automobile manufacturers lack consistency in naming their vehicle line-up. For example Cadillac has the:
CTS
STS
DTS
SRX
BLS
XLR
ABC
XYZ
The last two I made up. Anyway where does the Escalade fit? Shouldn't it have a three letter designation? Either way I agree with you Mike that the name or designation of a vehicle are definitely very important and I think they should be somewhat consistent as well...
CTS
STS
DTS
SRX
BLS
XLR
ABC
XYZ
The last two I made up. Anyway where does the Escalade fit? Shouldn't it have a three letter designation? Either way I agree with you Mike that the name or designation of a vehicle are definitely very important and I think they should be somewhat consistent as well...
Last edited by Trexus; 11-24-07 at 10:40 PM.
#18
Mayby some of the automobile manufacturers lack consistency in naming their vehicle line-up. For example Cadillac has the:
CTS
STS
DTS
SRX
BLS
XLR
ABC
XYZ
The last two I made up. Anyway where does the Escalade fit? Shouldn't it have a three letter designation? Either way I agree with you Mike that the name or designation of a vehicle are very important and I think they should be somewhat consistent as well...
CTS
STS
DTS
SRX
BLS
XLR
ABC
XYZ
The last two I made up. Anyway where does the Escalade fit? Shouldn't it have a three letter designation? Either way I agree with you Mike that the name or designation of a vehicle are very important and I think they should be somewhat consistent as well...
#21
I disagree that the "FCX Clarity" is a terrible name, although I wish they would have gone for the alphanumerics or (preferably) the name. Honda has always had some of the best model names in the business. They take relatively obscure words that always have a positive connotation and make car names out of them.
Civic. Accord. Prelude. Odyssey. Legend. Even Integra (a made-up word that connotates "integral") and Vigor aren't bad, nor is Pilot. Clarity isn't quite in the same league, but at least fits the model.
Civic. Accord. Prelude. Odyssey. Legend. Even Integra (a made-up word that connotates "integral") and Vigor aren't bad, nor is Pilot. Clarity isn't quite in the same league, but at least fits the model.
#22
I disagree that the "FCX Clarity" is a terrible name, although I wish they would have gone for the alphanumerics or (preferably) the name. Honda has always had some of the best model names in the business. They take relatively obscure words that always have a positive connotation and make car names out of them.
Civic. Accord. Prelude. Odyssey. Legend. Even Integra (a made-up word that connotates "integral") and Vigor aren't bad, nor is Pilot. Clarity isn't quite in the same league, but at least fits the model.
Civic. Accord. Prelude. Odyssey. Legend. Even Integra (a made-up word that connotates "integral") and Vigor aren't bad, nor is Pilot. Clarity isn't quite in the same league, but at least fits the model.
#23
Ridgeline also doesn't fit the model I was describing, but at least it's an appropriate name. It has a rugged, outdoorsy feel to it and the side profile of the truck stylistically resembles a mountain ridge.
#24
And this truck is often underrated as an all-around daily driver. True, it is not a Super-Duty F-350 or Ram 3500 with diesel and dualie rear wheels that will pull a freight train like a locomotive, but it was not meant to be. Even though I'm not a big fan of Motor Trend magazine, one can see that the Ridgeline did not win MT's Truck of the Year award for nothing, either.....it not only has an upper unibody frame COMBINED with a lower-body ladder-truck frame (a first in the pickup world), but also has several other features no other pickup has......the most noted being the outside, lockable, weatherproof trunk under the pickup bed.
#28
I like the old names and no numbers for our domestic market. Letters and numbers is a MB and BMW thing then everyone else seemed to take a variation on it. I was fine when Toyota had names like Corona, Corolla, Celica, 4Runner... Honda only offered the Civic (CVCC wasn't it?) and Accord in early days.
The general trend is also to abbreviate...Sunny Delight...Sunny-D or S-D, Miller Genuine Draft-MGD...puh-lease....stop with all this. It's hard for me to remember all the letter combos.
The general trend is also to abbreviate...Sunny Delight...Sunny-D or S-D, Miller Genuine Draft-MGD...puh-lease....stop with all this. It's hard for me to remember all the letter combos.
#29
#30
RBK? haha
ahh yes.. the Japanese market and their odd names.
Honda Vamos (trust me, it ain't fast)
Honda Open-Hearted Wagon concept
Nissan Clipper Rio
Suzuki Wagon R RR (I swear, that's the name)
Toyota Succeed
Toyota Probox
Toyota Rush
I like this one.. cubeł (cube cube)
ahh yes.. the Japanese market and their odd names.
Honda Vamos (trust me, it ain't fast)
Honda Open-Hearted Wagon concept
Nissan Clipper Rio
Suzuki Wagon R RR (I swear, that's the name)
Toyota Succeed
Toyota Probox
Toyota Rush
I like this one.. cubeł (cube cube)