Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 16:48:01 -0000 From: "DervMan" <thedervmannospaml.com> Subject: Re: Why the number 9?
"Andrew Robert Breen" <azbnospam.ac.uk> wrote in message news:1173383444.621684nospam.aber.ac.uk... > In article <C215FDDC.7B02%pjghnospamyonder.co.uk>, > Paul Halliday <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> wrote: >>in article espfmc$eic0$1nospam.aber.ac.uk, Andrew Robert Breen at >>azbnospam.ac.uk wrote on 08/03/2007 17:04: >> >>> Later: It becomes a recognisable "tag" for a SAAB. Other makers do the >>> same. All three-figure numbers with a middle "0" are trademarked by >>> Peugeot, which is why Porsche were forced to re-label their 901.. >> >>I know this is true, so it make you wonder how SAAB got to use 900 moniker >>for (x0x) for nearly 20 years. > > Apologies - should have been "three figure numbers with a middle 0 > /only/', as I gather Pug hadn't annexed numbers with a terminating 0 - I > have no idea why, incidently. > > On thinking about it, the Pug-getting-all y0x numbers dosn't fit with > Bristol marketing the 400-409 series, which must have overlapped with the > Pug y0x series by the end. Maybe Pug were unwilling to offend a firm which > had attack aeroplanes in easy reach. Come to think of it, that may explain > the SAAB 900... Hehhehehehee! -- The DervMan www.dervman.com
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