The result was delete. Cirt ( talk) 12:08, 30 March 2009 (UTC) reply
This should be deleted per WP:NOT#Wikipedia_is_not_a_manual.2C_guidebook.2C_or_textbook, as although my personal bias is that it's an interesting article to motoring enthusiasts such as myself, generally, it could be seen as WP:LISTCRUFT (on the other hand). Basically, I'm not sure whether it could be merged into another article or deleted. I'm not suggesting a blanket deletion of all List of XYZ articles but rather that there's not indiscriminate ones. Samllaws300 ( talk) 12:25, 25 March 2009 (UTC) reply
Yes that's what you said about my last account. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hilary T ( talk • contribs) 20:36, 25 March 2009 (UTC) reply
So a Canadian source uses the name of the rebadged version and mentions the original name only in brackets. Canadian Driver, an online automotive magazine even goes into details:(...)the Allure (called the LaCrosse south of the border), due out later this year(...)
Don't know whether that source is reliable or not, but the article's writer is:Oshawa, Ontario - General Motors is betting big that a new mid-size sedan with a new name will rekindle interest in Buick, GM’s premium brand. Out are the Buick Century and Regal. In is the Buick Allure.
In the U.S., the Allure will be called the Lacrosse, in keeping with Buick’s on- again, off-again tradition of giving its vehicles French names like LeSabre, Rendezvous, Rainier. But in French Canada, Lacrosse has a potentially derogatory second meaning. So the name was changed.
One name or two, the marketing task will be daunting and expensive for GM. Century and Regal were well-recognized nameplates that accounted for 60 percent of Buick sales. It will take a lot of advertising dollars to build the same kind of awareness for the Allure and to counter the confusion of Canadian consumers exposed to U.S. media and advertising pushing the same vehicle with a different name.
That was just a quick search and just one model. I think this list complements badge engineering (or the not-yet-written Auto industry in Canada), both of which are obviously notable topics. Would it be better to merge this list into one of those articles? If renamed to something like List of cars marketed differently within North America it may also include the cars that were exclusively marketed in Canada. Squash Racket ( talk) 05:24, 30 March 2009 (UTC) replyGrant Yoxon is an Ottawa-based automotive journalist and Managing Editor of CanadianDriver. He is a member of the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC).
The result was delete. Cirt ( talk) 12:08, 30 March 2009 (UTC) reply
This should be deleted per WP:NOT#Wikipedia_is_not_a_manual.2C_guidebook.2C_or_textbook, as although my personal bias is that it's an interesting article to motoring enthusiasts such as myself, generally, it could be seen as WP:LISTCRUFT (on the other hand). Basically, I'm not sure whether it could be merged into another article or deleted. I'm not suggesting a blanket deletion of all List of XYZ articles but rather that there's not indiscriminate ones. Samllaws300 ( talk) 12:25, 25 March 2009 (UTC) reply
Yes that's what you said about my last account. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hilary T ( talk • contribs) 20:36, 25 March 2009 (UTC) reply
So a Canadian source uses the name of the rebadged version and mentions the original name only in brackets. Canadian Driver, an online automotive magazine even goes into details:(...)the Allure (called the LaCrosse south of the border), due out later this year(...)
Don't know whether that source is reliable or not, but the article's writer is:Oshawa, Ontario - General Motors is betting big that a new mid-size sedan with a new name will rekindle interest in Buick, GM’s premium brand. Out are the Buick Century and Regal. In is the Buick Allure.
In the U.S., the Allure will be called the Lacrosse, in keeping with Buick’s on- again, off-again tradition of giving its vehicles French names like LeSabre, Rendezvous, Rainier. But in French Canada, Lacrosse has a potentially derogatory second meaning. So the name was changed.
One name or two, the marketing task will be daunting and expensive for GM. Century and Regal were well-recognized nameplates that accounted for 60 percent of Buick sales. It will take a lot of advertising dollars to build the same kind of awareness for the Allure and to counter the confusion of Canadian consumers exposed to U.S. media and advertising pushing the same vehicle with a different name.
That was just a quick search and just one model. I think this list complements badge engineering (or the not-yet-written Auto industry in Canada), both of which are obviously notable topics. Would it be better to merge this list into one of those articles? If renamed to something like List of cars marketed differently within North America it may also include the cars that were exclusively marketed in Canada. Squash Racket ( talk) 05:24, 30 March 2009 (UTC) replyGrant Yoxon is an Ottawa-based automotive journalist and Managing Editor of CanadianDriver. He is a member of the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC).