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> From: Alan and Clare Wesson <alan.wesson at atlas.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: degrading terminology, was: <VV> FOR SALE
>
> > the Brits call a wagon a "shooting brake". My
> > Gawd, where on earth did they get THAT term?
>
> Well, it's a brake for going shooting in. Simple, really! That's why the 
> early ones were wood-framed.

Ok, so where did the "brake" come from? Because wood brakes (Brit spelling
of "break"?)?

>
> > And haven't others degraded Corvairs enough, without
> > fellow Corvair enthusiasts degrading each others
>
> I still don't understand why, when the car was marketed as a Corvair
Sport 
> Sedan, it's not one.
>
> Were Chevy degrading it (not forgetting, of course, that it's not
actually a 
> Chevy, because it doesn't say Chevy anyway on it and was supposed to be 
> going to be marketed as a standalone brand like Edsel - n'est-ce pas?).
>
> Cheers
>
> Alan 
>

The term "sport SEDAN" is a misnomer, a mere marketing ploy. Hence, it has
no connection in reality. The addition of "sport" was meant to upgrade the
term "sedan", while the two combined differentiated said car from its 2door
counterpart "sport coupe" (also a misnomer.)

Calling a LM 4door HARDTOP a (mere) "sedan" implies that it is a
less-valued car, rather than a premium-valued car, because the sedan body
style was always the less-valued body style - the hardtop being the premium
body style. If you absolutely HAVE to call the LM 4door a "sedan", you
properly HAVE to also add the "sport" to it (ala Chevrolet marketing).
Otherwise you are not only incorrect, but are also depreciating the car as
well.

Apparently the 4doors are the Rodney Dangerfield of Corvairs.....

-Mark