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an aircraft prop, I think.
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I think Mark is partially correct with the propeller description, but you also have to consider that Bavarias regional flag and symbols consist of light blue and white chequred diamond shapes... see
www.bayern.de/Bayern/Information/staatswappenE.htm...4
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Well, I guess Mark has the right answer: however John's comment is relevant insofar as the colours used are concerned.
www.bmwworld.com/bmw/history/
It's interesting, I have asked many self-described BMW afficionados this one, and not one knew the company began as part of the aviation industry of the time.
(Not many also like to discuss how the BMW Isetta bubblecar dragged the company's fortunes back from the edge either......!)
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Well, I guess Mark has the right answer: however John's comment is relevant insofar as the colours used are concerned.
www.bmwworld.com/bmw/history/
It's interesting, I have asked many self-described BMW afficionados this one, and not one knew the company began as part of the aviation industry of the time.
(Not many also like to discuss how the BMW Isetta bubblecar dragged the company's fortunes back from the edge either......!)
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I think that during WW2, BMW made engines for the ME109.
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While we are on the subject of car names and the war, Fiat tried to sell a car called the Argenta in Britain during the Falklands war. I think they shifted about two of them.
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Apparently "Pinto" as (in ford) is quite a derogatory name in Spanish.
Confirm?
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And wasn't the Fiat Strada/Ritmo originally going to be known as the "Rustica" in Italy and UK? - seem to remember reading that many years ago.
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I think that during WW2, BMW made engines for the ME109.
Think that was the Focke-Wulf, the 109 had a Daimler-Benz engine. However the version licence built in Spain (as used in the Battle of Britain film) had the RR Merlin.
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The BMW badge definitely represents an aircraft propeller. This relates to the formation of BMW in 1916 as a manufacturer of aircraft engines.
RichardW is correct, numbers on their own cannot be trademarked as a rule. It is possible to trademark the *graphic style* of a number (like the way the number 7 is presented on Thomas the Tank Engine!) but I wouldn't think a car maker would want to do this.
There have been several disputes regarding trademarked car names, a classic being Lancia's attempt to get Mitsubishi to drop the name 'Lancer'. The legal finding was that no-one intending to buy a Lancia was likely to go out and buy a Mitsubishi Lancer by mistake so there was no attempt to 'pass off' and therefore no trademark infringement.
Anyone know what the very first trademark was for, and who it was registered to? (Answers on a virtual postcard please.) Here's a clue ... it was granted to a well-known UK brewery for a symbol that was also the Alvis logo. Registration of this trademark was only very recently dropped by the brewery and I've an idea that the brewery recently changed its company name.
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I heard the S40/V40 etc. were going to be called the S4/V4, but Audi objected, having already used the S4 name at that time on the sports version of the old 100/A6. The actual A4-based S4 came later on.
Oh and obviously there is the Mazda 323 and the BMW 323. When BMW owned Rover, theoretically, they could have made cars with the same name, although a 2.0 6-Series BMW would just be silly and there was never a 1, 2 or 4-Series.
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I like the "Lancer vs Lancia" one. Wouldn't stand a chance in court, anyone buying a Lancer rather than a Lancia knew exactly what they were about! Ex-boss of mine had one of the latter and said he used to dread getting up each morning and finding out what had fallen off the night before.
"Pinto" in Tagalog means "door" (much of Tagalog is derived from the Spanish, so maybe that's where we get it from).
Slight diversion, but wasn't it the Ford Pinto which was notorious for the gas tank catching fire in a rear-end?
I may have mentioned this before but the Mitsubishi Pajero (square body) was also sold as the Hyundai Galloper. A variation I suppose on the Hyundai Pony (widely renamed the Hyundai "Puny" and with good reason).
I also recall the Datsun Violet (much used as taxis in Dubai).
The Datsun Cherry was also popular with the ladies. A Hongkong police inspector pal of mine used to recount at the bar how the beautiful daughter of a well-known taipan once walked into the Wan Chai Police HQ to complain that someone had stolen her Cherry..... He said they mounted a search but never did get it back...:-)
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I like the "Lancer vs Lancia" one. Wouldn't stand a chance in court, anyone buying a Lancer rather than a Lancia knew exactly what they were about! Ex-boss of mine had one of the latter and said he used to dread getting up each morning and finding out what had fallen off the night before.
"Pinto" in Tagalog means "door" (much of Tagalog is derived from the Spanish, so maybe that's where we get it from).
Slight diversion, but wasn't it the Ford Pinto which was notorious for the gas tank catching fire in a rear-end?
I may have mentioned this before but the Mitsubishi Pajero (square body) was also sold as the Hyundai Galloper. A variation I suppose on the Hyundai Pony (widely renamed the Hyundai "Puny" and with good reason).
I also recall the Datsun Violet (much used as taxis in Dubai).
The Datsun Cherry was also popular with the ladies. A Hongkong police inspector pal of mine used to recount at the bar how the beautiful daughter of a well-known taipan once walked into the Wan Chai Police HQ to complain that someone had stolen her Cherry..... He said they mounted a search but never did get it back...:-)
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The Hyundai Pony was a pretty appropriate name as it was, if you have any knowledge of London rhyming slang. Pony - shortened form of Pony And Trap, rhymes with - not very good. As in "that car's a load of pony". Oh, watch EastEnders, you'll get the idea.
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Hmm didn't know that. But what does "I paid a pony for it" mean then. I may need to know because 98% of our TV is American and people sometimes watch the few English films we have then turn to me for phrases they don't understand.
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Anyone know what the very first trademark was for, and who
it was registered to? (Answers on a virtual postcard please.) Here's a clue ... it was granted to a well-known UK brewery for a symbol that was also the Alvis logo. Registration of this trademark was only very recently dropped by the brewery and I've an idea that the brewery recently changed its company name.
I'm sure you've been dying to know the answer to my question, or could it be that you couldn't care less? I'm going to tell you anyway ...
The very first registered trademark was granted to Bass and it took the form of a Red Triangle, which also happened to be the logo of the Alvis motor company. Probably the only acceptable instance of drinking and driving going together!
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