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> Gilles Tran wrote:
>
>> As Wikipedia humourously says, there's "no genetic links" between a 1976 
>> Fiesta and the latest model (which wasn't even supposed to be called 
>> Fiesta). "Fiesta" is a brand name that is kept for a series of cars aimed 
>> at the same market segment(s), and that are periodically redesigned, 
>> sometimes from the ground up.
>
> ...so...kind of like the way an "Athlon" X2 6000+ has nothing to do with 
> an "Athlon" 1200+?

Or like the Fiat 500, the Volkswagen Beetle or the Mini Cooper, all cars 
that had "legendary" brand recognition and that were completely redesigned 
recently even though the name was kept. Citroen plans a "new" 2CV too 
apparently 
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/208391/citroens_2cv_is_back.html.
Actually, I'd say that keeping the name is actually the (marketing) point of 
the redesign.

G.


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