Of course. I was referring to Andrew's theme of older, more respected car names being used to sell furrin' cars. I more than old enough to remember the original No Va... Keleigh RetroRalph wrote: > There was pre- Toyota/GM Nova built from 1962 to 1979... Popular "Rambler > type" cars... > (sombody listened to Romney...) > ______________________________________________________________ > Ralph Ausmann - Hillsboro, OR - > <ralph.ausmann@xxxxxxxxx> > http://mysite.verizon.net/res79g4m/ ... and "check the links" > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Keleigh Hardie" <keleigh3000@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [Amc-list] AMC INK > > > The Nova was a Toyota Corolla, IIRC, and was actually assembled at the > Fremont GM plant in California. The Le Mans was a Daewoo, I believe. > Another bad use of a classic name by Pontiac: the Ventura GTO... > Keleigh > > Andrew Blomer wrote: > >> Not that it matters much, but the Volare Roadrunner could be had with >> a 360. A friend of mine had a mint R/T with a 360. It was actually a >> neat car. (for the time) >> > \> Two really bad uses of a classic name I can think of are the 80's > >> Nova, and early 90ish Pontiac Lemans. Two really bad attempts to sell >> foreign cars. Well maybe not bad attempts. The Nova sold pretty well >> as I recall. I don't even know who really made the Lemans, I never >> cared enough to find out. >> > > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > > _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list