SoonerLS Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Sounds too femine sounding-then again that is the biggest market for a vehicle like this- I can see this tagline-Lets get Cosmos in my Lincoln Cosmopolitan Lets reinforce drinking and driving! :p There was a Lincoln Cosmopolitan back in the early '50s, but it just doesn't sound right for a modern car. Kind of like Nautilus... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grbeck Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Corsair is rather close to Corvair in both spelling and pronunciation. I'm not sure that Ford wants that association. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmc523 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Corsair? Sounds like some female body hair depilator...yikes... I did a thesaurus search for "Navigator", and yes Mariner popped up. So did Yachter... Under "Traveler" though, we find many names that have been used in vehicles before. Voyager, Nomad, Excursion, Expedition, Explorer, Rambler, Journeyer,, Rover. It did hit me NaviCross is floating out there as well from the concept and my fav "Sentinel". And then did a search of past names (before my time and wouldn't resonate with new buyers or myself for that matter) Capri, Premiere, Cosmopolitan. (doesn't sound very Crossover-ish though). Oh well the happy thing is the MK-Crap is gone. Yeah, I did that too - there were a lot of good words/names that popped up with a "Navigator" thesaurus search, but as you pointed out, most of them have already been used, either by Ford or other brands. I didn't even think about Navicross.......I still see that being a good name for a crossover-coupe (X4/X6-esque) type model, not that different from the concept it was used on, in fact. I don't like Capri, Premiere, or Cosmopolitan. I'm also not loving "Corsair" either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Corsair is rather close to Corvair in both spelling and pronunciation. I'm not sure that Ford wants that association. Do keep in mind that was about 50 years ago now! Then again Edsel is a completely toxic name from that time period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKX1960 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Corsair is rather close to Corvair in both spelling and pronunciation. I'm not sure that Ford wants that association. It was also an Edsel model and as most know, anything associated with failure has always been referred to as an Edsel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKX1960 Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Sounds too femine sounding-then again that is the biggest market for a vehicle like this- I can see this tagline-Lets get Cosmos in my Lincoln Cosmopolitan Lets reinforce drinking and driving! :p This was marketed to Women. The Lincoln La Femme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92merc Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 This was marketed to Women. The Lincoln La Femme. La Femme was on a recent episode of Jay Leno's Garage, with Tim Allen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoonerLS Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 It was also an Edsel model and as most know, anything associated with failure has always been referred to as an Edsel. Ranger was also an Edsel. The marque has stink on it, not the model names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Ranger was also an Edsel. The marque has stink on it, not the model names. Im willing to bet that you are one of maybe 10% (tops) of the buying public that remembers the model names that Edsel used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoonerLS Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 (edited) Im willing to bet that you are one of maybe 10% (tops) of the buying public that remembers the model names that Edsel used.Ranger is the only one I actually remember. I do think I've found Edsel land in Mississippi, though. I went by a house that had seven or eight rusty (sorry, "patina'd") Edsels sitting in a neat line, and I also saw a beautifully restored Edsel convertible driving down the road. That car probably looked better than it did the day it rolled off the assembly line. Edited June 1, 2018 by SoonerLS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKX1960 Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Ranger is the only one I actually remember. I do think I've found Edsel land in Mississippi, though. I went by a house that had seven or eight rusty (sorry, "patina'd") Edsels sitting in a neat line, and I also saw a beautifully restored Edsel convertible driving down the road. That car probably looked better than it did the day it rolled off the assembly line. I remember mostly the Citation and the Bermuda wagon. http://edsel.net/specifications/ofmodels.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvrsvt Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Im willing to bet that you are one of maybe 10% (tops) of the buying public that remembers the model names that Edsel used. Some of the names where reused by other brands...the Chevy Citation is one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Some of the names where reused by other brands...the Chevy Citation is one. i bet more people remember that than the Edsel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullynd Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Most likely dont know Edsel was a car brand, much less what their model names were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomcat68 Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Scion and Fiat are what people remember today as car brands that failed quickly after their introduction. Although Scion lasted a bit longer (maybe 10 years?), it was clear from the get go it wasn't working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Scion and Fiat are what people remember today as car brands that failed quickly after their introduction. Although Scion lasted a bit longer (maybe 10 years?), it was clear from the get go it wasn't working. Saturn. They had the best looking Lambda utility by far (was it called Outlook?). The cars, however, were turds. Poor car design and no haggle pricing just didn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Saturn. They had the best looking Lambda utility by far (was it called Outlook?). The cars, however, were turds. Poor car design and no haggle pricing just didn't work. Dont forget about the plastic body panel gimmic. Great in theory until a few years down the road and the paint faded and the plastic turned brittle and started snapping off 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Dont forget about the plastic body panel gimmic. Great in theory until a few years down the road and the paint faded and the plastic turned brittle and started snapping off Was that the commercial with the shopping cart running into it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Was that the commercial with the shopping cart running into it? Yeah, I think so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullynd Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 They had the best looking Lambda utility by far (was it called Outlook?). The cars, however, were turds. Poor car design and no haggle pricing just didn't work. Agreed on the Outlook. Funny that it came back as the Acadia MCE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoonerLS Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 (edited) Was that the commercial with the shopping cart running into it? The only Saturn commercial I remember was the Texan who could wear his cowboy hat in the car. Dude was a freaking midget. I'm 6'2" tall, and I couldn't fit in the driver seat of that car with any kind of a hat on my head. (I wouldn't have bought one on a bet, but a friend of mine was looking at one.) Edited June 11, 2018 by SoonerLS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANTAUS Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 I had 3 friends who owned Saturns they all loved it, sort of like a cult, also to date it was their most reliable vehicles they have ever owned. I had one that had someone back into he door at a parking lot, I got off,played with the plastic and panel popped back into place without a scratch or dent. Loved those polymer panels...even if you were able to stick a pinky in the gaps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 My sister has a Saturn Ion thats dying a slow death. She likes the car but its been a money pit. Her first car and shes still driving it when it runs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 I just realized that if you bought a Saturn Ion and a Saturn SC and put them together you'd have a Scion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grbeck Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 (edited) I had 3 friends who owned Saturns they all loved it, sort of like a cult, also to date it was their most reliable vehicles they have ever owned. I had one that had someone back into he door at a parking lot, I got off,played with the plastic and panel popped back into place without a scratch or dent. Loved those polymer panels...even if you were able to stick a pinky in the gaps... The large panel gaps were necessary because the panels would expand after absorbing heat in direct sunlight, if I recall correctly. Saturn was ballyhooed as GM's ground-up attempt to beat the Japanese at their own game. It lost money every year of its existence but one, from what I've read. The cars sold reasonably well at first, and the superior dealer service did impress customers. But GM left the car wither on the vine, because the other divisions - especially Chevrolet - needed money for new products. Meanwhile, Ford teamed up with Mazda for the second-generation North American Escort, and produced car that competed just as well with the Japanese, while not losing tons of money in the process. Edited June 12, 2018 by grbeck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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