reza@ihuxb.UUCP (01/19/84)
Did you ever stop and think about the name of the new Chrysler product, LASER? 30 years ago the word didn't even exist. Using an acronym for a car name!? What are we gonna have in the future? Pontiac CMOS!? How about Ford PDP!? H. Reza Taheri ...!ihnp4!ihuxb!reza (312)-979-1040
wgg@floyd.UUCP (01/20/84)
Back in the good(?) old days, I often wondered what Chrysler would name a small Fury -- the Plymouth TANTRUM? Of course, if you like present-day giggles, what about the Subaru Starion? Shouldn't that have two R's and lun for the Tliple Clown? Sorry about that. Bill Glaves (froyd!wgg)
guy@rlgvax.UUCP (Guy Harris) (01/20/84)
What *about* the Subaru Starion? I think Mitsubishi should sue them for
using their trademarked name...
Guy Harris
{seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!rlgvax!guyseifert@ihuxl.UUCP (01/20/84)
I read somewhere that with Mitsubishi's "Cordia" and "Tredia",
they should next come out with "Beadia".
Getting 'tired' of stupid car names,
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____|___|_____ ihnp4!ihuxl!seifertdhk@hp-pcd.UUCP (Dustin Kassman) (01/21/84)
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hp-pcd!dhk Jan 20 15:08:00 1984
Actually I like the Pontiac PC myself.
With heavy sarcasm,
dhk
hplabs!hp-pcd!dhkkwmc@hou5d.UUCP (01/23/84)
Somehow ' Pontiac PDP ' has a nice sound to it
monroe@sequent.UUCP (02/01/84)
Personaly, I wouldn't buy a GM product, and it is my opinion that
the turbo Datona can lay tracks over the overweight camero/firebird, corvett,
and gutless fiero and all there clones. GM's idea of after sale service cuts
into their advertising budget.
The Knight In Glowing Phosphor,
Doug Monroe
Sequent Computer Systems
{ogcvax,cdi,verdix}!sequent!monroebrahms@trwspp.UUCP (02/06/84)
(from)...sequent!monroe > Personaly, I wouldn't buy a GM product, and it is my opinion > that the turbo Datona can lay tracks over the overweight > camero/firebird, corvett, and gutless fiero and all there > clones. GM's idea of after sale service cuts into their > advertising budget. Now, now, let us not make rash statements. Overall, I much prefer GM to any other American car. My friend, who is a manager at a rent-a-car place agrees. Paraphrasing his thoughts on reliablety (note, his location has over 500 cars), Chrysler/Plymouth/Dodge are the worst: His argument: They had a new fleet of 20 said cars and within a month they were all in the shop. The next most reliable were Fords with GM being the most reliable. Note: They have had the best luck with Japanese cars. I have to admit, that the Fiero is on the slow side, but GM is correcting this buy soon having a six-cylinder avail. I have also heard rumors about a 4-cylinder turbo. For your comparisons of the Daytona to the Camero/Firebird, those are different classes of cars, although they tend to be marketed at the same group. You comparison of the daytona to the corvett is so unfounded and is pathetic. The corvett will blow away any US car and maybe all but a couple of foreign sports cars. Note: I said sport cars. I do not recognize the daytona to be a sports car but rather sports coupe more in the class of a Citation X-11. I also do not believe that the Camero/Firebird is a true sports car. -- Brad Brahms usenet: {decvax,ucbvax}!trwrb!trwspp!brahms arpa: Brahms@USC-ECLC
rmiller@ccvaxa.UUCP (02/21/84)
#R:ihuxb:-46900:ccvaxa:4900028:000:345 ccvaxa!rmiller Feb 19 21:50:00 1984 if GM really did can the turbo fiero, everyone had best watch the pace car at indy this may. that may be the last chance to see a decent fiero! the thing is a real dog with the old 4 cylinder citation engine in it. they are going to have to turbo it before they can even start considering how to tempt me out of my Rx-7! uiucdcs!ccvaxa!rmiller