Old names for new cars
Discussion
I've noticed, on occasion, that certain members of the older generation insist on calling the Vauxhall Vectra a Cavalier. They may be blameless as the Mark 1 looked similar; but the very last of the Cavaliers were N or P reg so haven't been available for at least sixteen years. I would have though the would have time to adjust.
Oddly enough I have heard the Focus called an Escort too. I know the Escort name was considered iconic, but again they haven't been in production for about ten years (in the UK anyway) so it is odd the new name hasn't caught on.
This doesn't seem to affect other cars though. I've never heard a Primera called a Bluebird. Has anyone else come across this phenomenon?
Oddly enough I have heard the Focus called an Escort too. I know the Escort name was considered iconic, but again they haven't been in production for about ten years (in the UK anyway) so it is odd the new name hasn't caught on.
This doesn't seem to affect other cars though. I've never heard a Primera called a Bluebird. Has anyone else come across this phenomenon?
I sometimes use 'Escort' to mean 'mid-size Ford' and did occasionally refer to my Mondeo as a Sierra. This happens more often when I am tired, and I suppose I am using a less 'active' part of my brain where the names for things were laid down initially.
It would also depend on how your internal system for naming things works I suspect. If you learned as a kid that 'things that look like that are called an Escort' you would be less likely to make the mistake of calling a Focus an Escort than if your internal system had the rule 'a mid-sized Ford is called an Escort'
It would also depend on how your internal system for naming things works I suspect. If you learned as a kid that 'things that look like that are called an Escort' you would be less likely to make the mistake of calling a Focus an Escort than if your internal system had the rule 'a mid-sized Ford is called an Escort'
I've never encountered this.
I have encountered the opposite though, where people have referred to the Cavalier as a Vectra and Carlton as an Omega. Because as Opels, that's what they were called.
This is why its handy to mingle with people who know their W124 from their E31, there's no confusion over which generation of the same named thing you're all talking about.
I have encountered the opposite though, where people have referred to the Cavalier as a Vectra and Carlton as an Omega. Because as Opels, that's what they were called.
This is why its handy to mingle with people who know their W124 from their E31, there's no confusion over which generation of the same named thing you're all talking about.
Rostfritt said:
I have made the mistake with older Vectras, which merge into the Cavalier period in my head. Most cars I am interested in don't have proper names anyway. Only once had someone confuse my A6 with a 100. To be fair some people are still calling Snickers Marathons.
<geek> The first A6 was a facelift of the 100 </geek>ajprice said:
Rostfritt said:
I have made the mistake with older Vectras, which merge into the Cavalier period in my head. Most cars I am interested in don't have proper names anyway. Only once had someone confuse my A6 with a 100. To be fair some people are still calling Snickers Marathons.
<geek> The first A6 was a facelift of the 100 </geek>
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