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2006 Bentley Continental Flying Spur 
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◊ 2007-09-23 19:01 |
Isn't it just called the Flying Spur? |
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◊ 2007-09-23 23:04 |
No. The official model names are: Continental GT, Continental Flying Spur and Continental GTC. I guess the Continental name is seen as very important by the marketing department. |
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◊ 2007-09-23 23:06 |
Maybe because Flying Spur name alone was used by Rolls Royce, and that Bentley does not have the right to use it now that they are owned by rival groups? -- Last edit: 2007-09-23 23:06:40 |
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◊ 2007-09-23 23:18 |
Apart from the various Phantoms, Rolls-Royce model names since the war have always been Silver something, no?  |
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◊ 2007-09-23 23:47 |
Indeed... except the Corniche and Camargue, and also the Flying Spur which was a Turbocharged Silver Spur (there was too a limousine version of it, named Park Ward; they made 44 of it, according to Wikipedia) -- Last edit: 2007-09-23 23:48:51 |
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◊ 2007-09-24 02:13 |
The Flying Spur name which is shared by Rolls Royce and Bentley was originally only used for bodies built by H J Mulliner. It seems that both Rolls Royces AND Bentleys used the name for these Mulliner bodies and thus neither company had exclusive rights to it. When the Rolls Royce and Bentley names were sold separately, and two new companies were formed, both were able to use the Flying Spur name. |
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◊ 2007-09-24 11:18 |
Well I think it's called a Continental Flying Spur because it's an extended version of the Continental GT. And the Continental GTC is just a covertible version of the GT. -- Last edit: 2007-09-24 13:08:09 |
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◊ 2007-09-24 12:05 |
Agreed. As I said before, Bentley want to capitalize on the Continental name. What's interesting is to have rival car companies who both appear to 'own' the same name. A dispute could keep the lawyers busy (and rich) for years. .gif ":)") |
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◊ 2007-09-24 13:02 |
What about the Lincoln Continental? Cars have used other cars' names various times; Ford Sierra/GMC Sierra, Panther Deville/Cadillac Deville, Ford Royale/Bugatti Royale, there are others. -- Last edit: 2007-09-24 13:03:01 |
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◊ 2007-09-24 14:07 |
Well, I can't answer all your points in detail but there are several different things happening here. I suspect the word Deville would be treated like 'saloon' or 'convertible', i.e. in the public domain and not copyrightable. Perhaps the same is true of 'continental', too. In cases such as these you have to prove the offence known as 'passing off'. That is to say, you have to prove that your name is being used in an effort to fool the buying public, or even that the public will be misled even if there is no intent. Can you imagine Henry Ford and Ettore Bugatti being willing to suggest that the public would be confused between their two cars!? Of course, now that car manufacture is a truly global business much more attention is paid to international trade mark registration and copyright. The word Royale is definitely not copyright: remember Pulp Fiction and John Travolta's discourse on the French name for a Macdonald's Quarter pounder? I'm sure there are many examples of a product name which is owned by different companies in different countries. The Sierra name is interesting, I guess an American will have to explain that one. Two good examples of the problems of the name game are the Porsche 911 and the new car (I can't remember which) whose designation ends in 007. The 911 is not the 901 as Porsche wanted, because Peugeot own 901 and wouldn't let them have it. The other car has to be spoken of as the something thousand and seven, not 'oh oh seven' as that gets you into trouble with the people who own the James Bond franchise! No wonder lawyers are rich.  |
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◊ 2007-09-24 15:43 |
Peugeot: the 1007 - that odd little thing with sliding doors ... /vehicle_50437-Peugeot-1007-2005.html ... and the Mitsubishi-based 4007 SUV. |
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◊ 2007-09-24 21:30 |
About name problems, do not forget Alpine, which Renault could not use in UK (hence the Renault Alpine A610 was just Renault A610). Or the Daimler make which is owned by another company than Daimler-Benz |
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◊ 2010-06-10 17:34 |
Another Bentley:![[Image: 003354r02.1406.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0is688/003354r02.1406.jpg) |
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