Date: 3 Jun 1999 00:50:50 -0400 From: hsunopsamus.uu.net (Dave Hsu) Subject: Re: Mercedes smokes BMW/Saab/Volvo with better model names
In article <7j1ke4$ha1$1nopsam.netway.at>, Roland Messerschmidt <messerschmidtnopsamay.at> wrote: >Chuck Duffy schrieb in Nachricht <7iukf1$tp2nopsams4.newsguy.com>... >>... >>OK maybe 24 years ago this meant something - but does BMW even make a car >>without fuel injection anymore? No, but there was that economy-oriented "eta" engine in the mid '80s that produced the stupefying 325e. Versus the Mercedes "e for einspritzen". >... and does BMW make a car without an "i" in the name (beside of the >diesels)???? Sure - haven't you seen a Z3? Returning to the subject of this thread, none of this matters, IMHO. None of the automakers mentioned so far have anything to compare with the inspiring moniker of the Steyr Pinzgauer 710K "Funkkommando". Listen to it. Funkkommando. The mere name instills confidence. By comparison, the other candidates sound downright unmanly. Why, it sounds like...like...victory! (strains of martial music playing in the background) -dave -- Dave Hsu <hsunopsamus.uu.net> http://www.eng.us.uu.net/staff/hsu Product Architect Standard disclaimers apply. Systems Engineering "When the hors d'oeuvres are passed, take two." UUNET, an MCI WorldCom Company - Kleiner's law