XBOX 360. I mean Mitsubishi 380.

[SteveK]

So, they got all creative, then went with the simplest option.

Mitsubishi 380 (http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring/news/news0013.htm)

Using a similar naming convention to a better built called from Bavaria is optimistic.

Cheers,
Steve

[team illucid]

and how does this tie into the Xbox 360 :confused:

[Merlin]

http://www.ls1.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=41006&page=2

[SteveK]

http://www.ls1.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=41006&page=2

No wonder the search for "Mitsubishi 380" I did, didn't find any relevant results, including the thread above. Because the only reference in that thread is Misubishi 380. Sounds like a soup, missing tea.

Search works, I agree, when spelling works first.

Cheers,
Steve

[the mooch]

I like it. Now that MMAL are on the numbers' naming bizzo they can stick with it. Unlike a lot of Jap manufacturers that come up with some absolutely shocking names for their cars. Off hand I can't think of too many mainstream euro car companies that don't use numbers for naming cars (don't say FIAT, they aren't cars, they're wheelbarrows without handles).
BTW, just curious, but is this the first time in Aussie motoring history a locally built car has a name consisting of numbers only? Hmmmmm......

[JezzaB]

hmm hope Holden bring out the HOLDEN 460 :D

[McobraR]

been a fan of the magna for a long time now (except for the current models looks). but 380????????? sounds cheap if u ask me, what kind of research did they do? they probably asked computer freaks for ideas :lol:

[Marco]

I like it. Now that MMAL are on the numbers' naming bizzo they can stick with it. Unlike a lot of Jap manufacturers that come up with some absolutely shocking names for their cars. Off hand I can't think of too many mainstream euro car companies that don't use numbers for naming cars (don't say FIAT, they aren't cars, they're wheelbarrows without handles).
BTW, just curious, but is this the first time in Aussie motoring history a locally built car has a name consisting of numbers only? Hmmmmm......

VW is the main example of a Euro manufacturer using names, Opel is another. Also, Renault.

On the second part, it wouldn't be the first time - all sorts of stuff used to be built here, so cars like the Renault 16 would qualify. It might be the first locally-designed (at least to some extent) car with a number as a name, though.

[MIC33R]

It beats Galant or sticking with Magna. The name "Galant" has negative connotations to me. I don't know why either, as the old ones weren't too bad at all.

[flappist]

I like it. Now that MMAL are on the numbers' naming bizzo they can stick with it. Unlike a lot of Jap manufacturers that come up with some absolutely shocking names for their cars. Off hand I can't think of too many mainstream euro car companies that don't use numbers for naming cars (don't say FIAT, they aren't cars, they're wheelbarrows without handles).
BTW, just curious, but is this the first time in Aussie motoring history a locally built car has a name consisting of numbers only? Hmmmmm......

Nah Ford once made a "zero" but as the name was already used by Mitsubishi for an aeroplane so they had to rename it "AU" :lol: :lol:

Holden (GM) are not immune from silly-name-itus. Remember the Nova? It was launched in the USA and Mexico but sold rather slowly. I wonder if that was because "No Va" when translated from Spanish (the primary language in Mexico and secondary in southern USA) becomes "it does not go".

[Ghia351]

Maybe I'm showing my age however when I first heard Mitsubishi 380 what first came to mind was the old S-Class Merc 380 models, 380 SEC (loved the pillarless look), 380 SL, 380 SE/SEL, oh well.