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Archives for February 28, 2009

Correspondence: The Be Bop Car

Concerning the “Driving Be Bop” item below, Ted O’Reilly writes from Toronto: 

Here’s a picture I took in St. Maarten in the Caribbean, in Oct. 2006. It’s the nameplate of a car — can’t remember which Asian vehicle it was, but one less-familiar to us in N. America — perhaps a Daihatsu? Anyway, must be a tenor fan who came up with
it…

Getz Auto.jpg

Driving Be Bop

Over the years, Honda has called several vehicles, including a motorcycle, Jazz. Now Renault, the French auto maker, has unveiled a new model in its Kangoo line and named it the Be Bop.
Be Bop.jpg
Could Renault’s move kick-start a trend? How about:

Mercedes Swing

Hyundai Stride

BMW Boogie-Woogie

Chrysler Blues

Mini Cooper Trad

Chevrolet Cool

GM Groove

Porsche Scat

Volvo Vouty

For Shorty Rogers fans, the Infiniti Promenade

The Renault web site indicates that the Be Bop is available in much of the world, but not in the United States, the land where its namesake originated.

Doug Ramsey

Doug is a recipient of the lifetime achievement award of the Jazz Journalists Association. He lives in the Pacific Northwest, where he settled following a career in print and broadcast journalism in cities including New York, New Orleans, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, San Antonio, … [MORE]

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