Fords SUV lineup starts with ,Escape then Explorer and then
Expedition and then Excursion, It was suggested after that that Ford
make a vehicle for border patrol called the "The Extradition"

                                                    Stacy

On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
> �When car and truck companies name a vehicle it's supposed to evoke an
> image, right? �Get you, as a prospective buyer thinking about
> "the...Whatever.." and how cool it sounds, so you'll be more likely to buy
> one of them, right? �Well sometimes that might work.....a little, but most
> of the model designations are pretty lame and some are downright
> laughable... �Anybody care to cite a few and what they bring to your mind?
>
> �How bout the SUVs? �(I am not dissin anyone's ride here, just commenting
> on the Names) � the Yukon, the Armada? � The Tundra?....Brings to my mind
> those huge open pit mining trucks driving across a fragile landscape
> crushing all kinds of delicate plants and leaving frozen ruts for All of
> Time..
> �The Range Rover....back in the day that may have been kinda appropriate as
> a name forthe very adequate off road vehicles that they were... but now the
> name evokes a couple of snobby wanna-be adventure tourists dressed up headed
> to a play, driving on the freeway.
> �Toyota Tercel...does that evoke a small falcon swooping along? �Nope...not
> to me anyhow...I think "generic little car" with a dumb name.\
> �"Hummer"...nuff said. �Dodge Magnum...that one sort of fits the
> vehicle..and Powerstroke Diesel Ford...good description, I guess...But
> "Excursion" for the SUV? �Or Tahoe? �I don't think 'beautiful alpine lake'
> when I see one of those oversized tanks rolling along with Mom in it, headed
> to the supermarket..
>
> �Here's a couple of 're-badge' suggestions: �The old Air cooled vans from
> VW should have been called "Antartics" maybe..or "Glaciers" �Aztecs coulda
> been called Upchucks. �Land Cruisers could be Land Crushers. �Prius' could
> be Prissys. � Pontiac Vibe?...no comment.
>
> �I dunno...I was creeping through Portland, Or. rush hour recently amusing
> myself looking at the Marketeers names on all the vehicles and just
> chuckling at some of them...Motorhomes are �further out..Even Porsche got
> into it recently...with the Cayenne, the Cayman, the Boxster...maybe they
> shoulda stuck with the numbers. ..
> �Don Hanson
>

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