Place related car names

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But the plane was named after the town, so it's second hand correct.
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Yes and being a pedant I can also point out the thread is named "Place related" rather than "Named after"
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And.....inspired by Paul's one job this week I will also submit Armstrong Siddeley Whitley.
Forgot about that one....
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mercrocker wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 1:58 pm And.....inspired by Paul's one job this week I will also submit Armstrong Siddeley Whitley.
Forgot about that one....
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I told you I'd forgotten about that one.
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I found out today that years and years ago there was a Standard Rhyl.
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I can't place it but have no doubt they did....Some of their model variants were named after what have since become rather less salubrious seaside resorts.
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mercrocker wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 8:43 am
NergleFuttocks wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 1:45 am

Fuck this - every Seat except Fura, Panda, Terra, Exeo and Mii.
Or Bocanegra.
Isn’t that a suburb of Lima in darkest Peru?
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Possibly, I'll ask Paddington.

Anyway - Panther Lima if we haven't had it.
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Panther Kallisto... They have mangled the spelling but callisto is a moon of jupiter, therefore a place.
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