I happened to be crewing at Nelson Ledges during one of their twenty-four hour SCCA Showroom Stock Sedan races in the '80’s, and there were a couple Conquests and Starions entered. They ran like freight trains and were always reasonably nice loooking cars. I was impressed. Don’t know why the models didn’t hang around with Chrysler or Mitsu any longer than they did.
Audi may or may not be the acronym MG McAnick (a full time job, by the way)alludes to, but it is definitely an Auto Union, as evidenced by the intertwined circles of its logo. And outside of the Fix It Again Tony, F.I.A.T. does mean something, because each letter is capitalized and ended with a period on emblems affixed to the cars … it’s just that I don’t think I ever heard what it meant.
The Passat is a warm wind that hits Western Europe to moderate the climate. VW likes those natural phenomena, such as Golf, German for the Gulfsteam, and Scirocco, a hot wind that blows up from Africa, similar to the Sanata Ana winds in California.
This fable was taught to me and many others in one of the marketing classes in my MBA reqs. Honesty or truthfulness was never taught nor ever even mentioned in any of the classes as I recall.
Your poor poor Poppa! Just an ‘N’! Thats fuuuunny! Thanks.
Sometimes the popularity of something with a controversial name is baffling.
Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys led the Fenian Raids from Vermont into Canada, as everyone knows. Ethan Allen furniture is high quality furniture an very popular in the USA and in … Canada, where it is sold under the name “Ethan Allen, a name you car trust!”
Go figure! I can’t imagine a “Benedict Arnold” brand of furniture selling well in the US.
And, although Ethan Allen and his men are portrayed as patriots, the fact remains that they were a band of smugglers who did not like British intervention to control their criminal activity.
Yes, he did aid indirectly the revolutionary cause, but his motivation was merely to be able to continue his smuggling activities without being arrested by British authorities. We all benefitted from his actions, but his motivating force was pecuniary in nature, rather than an effort directed at liberty for the masses.
Thanks for the additonal comments. Like most legendary figures, from Robin Hood on, I suspected his motives were not entirely patriotic.
May I offer a half-and-half answer?
I love the name Rambler, but detest the name Nash.
Where did Nash come from - and where has it gone, anyway?
Ah, the memories of cruising in a little egg-shaped Rambler over Wisconsin’s back roads!
Words have so much power!
The Nash automobiles were named for Charles W. Nash, an early auto executive.
He was CEO first of Buick, and later of GM, before establishing his own make of car.
Nova means new star in spanish. there is a difference between nova and no va (no go- not- wont run). it would be like saying carpet means the same thing as a car pet. the nova actually exceeded expectations in the south american countries.
I like the name Dodge Demon name. It seems to have attitude, as did the car, but where did they come up with Swinger?
The naming of cars is a difficult matter.
Not just one of our holiday games.
Some may think me mad as a hatter
since I know each car has three separate names.
FIRST: The name tacked on that the company made’
Falcon, Nova, Escalade.
SECOND: The pet name given by owner,
Betsy, Duke, or even Homer.
LAST: There’s still one name that you’ll not discover,
but the car knows and never will uncover.
So if your car’s broken don’t give it the blame.
It’s systems are busy pondering it’s name.
GMC 2011