[ROVERNET - UK] Saloon / Sedan / Hardtop ???

Slatskars slatskars at comcast.net
Thu Feb 16 23:35:08 GMT 2006


Hey Glen,

It is nice to have you back contributing. How goes the education thing? 
Don't forget, the three best things about teaching are June, July and 
August!

Slats
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glen Wilson" <glenwilson at cavtel.net>
To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 6:59 PM
Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] Saloon / Sedan / Hardtop ???


>
>
> Gundry, Kenneth wrote:
>> My car was described simply as the
>> five-seater, as opposed to several versions of the saloon (hard-top
>> sedan in American, I think) and two and four seat sports models.
> I don't remember if Steve Manwell had any input on choosing the name Rover 
> Saloon Touring Club of America for our club, or if it was down to me. I 
> don't even think the potentially humorous play on words re touring saloons 
> (i.e. drinking establishments) occurred to me until after the name was 
> chosen. I think that I was influenced by the British Automobile Touring 
> Association of Nova Scotia and the British Saloon Car Club of Canada.
>
> The point of this posting is that I am always amazed that so many car 
> people in the USA have never heard the automotive term "saloon" before 
> they encounter our club in some listing. Sometimes they call looking for 
> some sort of "salon" for classic cars. I put the word in there to 
> distinguish it from all of the Land Rover 4WD clubs there are in the USA 
> and the web. I still hear from people who want to sell or buy Range 
> Rovers.  I might have said "Rover Sedan" but "Rover Saloon" seemed more 
> appropriate and sounded a little bit artsy. I suppose words like 
> "cabriolet" would stump the same people except for the sale of VW 
> drop-tops over here.
>
> Anyway, that's my thought for the day...
>
> Glen
>
>
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