RE: Audi secures Q2 and Q4 badges from Alfa Romeo

[Leins]

I presume Renault will be selling off the name Quadra soon anyway to raise some funds

[kith]

Well, I had read that VAG had bought the rights to name cars after winds, eg Bora, which prompts me to think that in return for Q2 and Q4, they have given these names back to Maserati.

[MDMA .]

kith said:

Well, I had read that VAG had bought the rights to name cars after WINDS, eg Bora, which prompts me to think that in return for Q2 and Q4, they have given these names back to Maserati.

cant see there being a VW chicken saag smell coming out soon. that's the type of wind in our house after a curry.

[LankyLegoHead]

MDMA . said:

cant see there being a VW chicken saag smell coming out soon. that's the type of wind in our house after a curry.

Maserati Tandoori-Whispers ?

[But 2jz]

LankyLegoHead said:

MDMA . said:

cant see there being a VW chicken saag smell coming out soon. that's the type of wind in our house after a curry.

Maserati Tandoori-Whispers ?

Maserati Vindaloo Evoluzione

[TheLuke]

But 2jz said:

LankyLegoHead said:

MDMA . said:

cant see there being a VW chicken saag smell coming out soon. that's the type of wind in our house after a curry.

Maserati Tandoori-Whispers ?

Maserati Vindaloo Evoluzione

Maserati Quattro- Pattori?

[velocemitch]

Alfa have used SV recently, which is also a Lambo tag, could be that which they have acquired exclusively. SV for Super Veloce, is a cracking name for something Italian, better than Q something or other.

[RoverP6B]

I can't see Lamborghini giving that up!

[xRIEx]

Oakman said:

I think LotusOmega was being a touch more Teutonic in his attributions - namely the German Panzer Tanks of WW2 origin.......a great simile for the ever burgeoning 'SUV', Soft Roader, Chelsea Tractor machine.

And for the blitzkrieg manner in which they're often driven.

[But 2jz]

TheLuke said:

Maserati Quattro- Pattori?

Maserati NaanTurismo

[anonymous-user]

Q9? What's that going to be? A Chevvy Suburban crusher?

[Justin Case]

LotusOmega375D said:

It's a shame that the German executive car manufacturers are all too lazy to think up actual names for their cars.

They could have used Tiger, Panther, Leopard etc. for these SUVs.

Too late I'm afraid, they were all taken by Leyland for buses many years ago, so are presumably now owned by DAF. Tiger was front-engine, Panther rear-engine and Leopard mid-engine so that's all bases covered if they can negotiate a deal

[Mound Dawg]

velocemitch said:

Alfa have used SV recently, which is also a Lambo tag, could be that which they have acquired exclusively. SV for Super Veloce, is a cracking name for something Italian, better than Q something or other.

Alfa had a Giulietta SV (Sprint Veloce) back in 1956 so it's not likely that they nicked it from Lamborghini.

[Zadkiel]

kith said:

Well, I had read that VAG had bought the rights to name cars after winds, eg Bora, which prompts me to think that in return for Q2 and Q4, they have given these names back to Maserati.

That sounds like a pretty solid guess to me.

[xRIEx]

Zadkiel said:

kith said:

Well, I had read that VAG had bought the rights to name cars after winds, eg Bora, which prompts me to think that in return for Q2 and Q4, they have given these names back to Maserati.

That sounds like a pretty solid guess to me.

I can't see VW giving up the name Golf or Scirocco.

[velocemitch]

Is Golf a wind?

[Leins]

velocemitch said:

Is Golf a wind?

Gulf Stream

[Mound Dawg]

velocemitch said:

Is Golf a wind?

Or Polo, Touran, Passat, Up!, Phaeton, Touareg and the unforgettable Emission Scandal.

No, I'm not getting this "wind" thing either.

[xRIEx]

Mound Dawg said:

velocemitch said:

Is Golf a wind?

Or Polo, Touran, Passat, Up!, Phaeton, Touareg and the unforgettable Emission Scandal.

No, I'm not getting this "wind" thing either.

I'm not sure what you're saying here - are you claiming none of these are names for winds?

[But 2jz]

xRIEx said:

I'm not sure what you're saying here - are you claiming none of these are names for winds?

Well tbh he is kind of right - never heard of a wind called ''Up exclamation mark''. Im pretty sure that Golf and Polo are sports. Or did VW sponsor the world's best golfer or get a big sum from Ralph Lauren at the time..?