{"id":1639,"date":"2009-02-28T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-28T09:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/?p=1639"},"modified":"2009-02-28T01:05:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-28T09:05:00","slug":"driving_be_bop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2009\/02\/driving_be_bop\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving Be Bop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years, Honda has called several vehicles, including a motorcycle, <em>Jazz<\/em>. Now Renault, the French auto maker, has unveiled a new model in its Kangoo line and named it the <em>Be Bop<\/em>.<br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/Be%20Bop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Be Bop.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/assets_c\/2009\/02\/Be Bop-thumb-124x96-3794.jpg\" width=\"124\" height=\"96\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/>\nCould Renault&#8217;s move kick-start a trend? How about:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Mercedes <em>Swing<\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>Hyundai <em>Stride<\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>BMW <em>Boogie-Woogie<\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>Chrysler <em>Blues<\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>Mini Cooper <em>Trad<\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>Chevrolet <em>Cool<\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>GM <em>Groove<\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>Porsche<em> Scat<\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>Volvo <em>Vouty<\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>For Shorty Rogers fans, the Infiniti <em>Promenade<\/em><\/div>\n<p>The Renault web site indicates that the <em>Be Bop<\/em> is available in much of the world, but not in the United States, the land where its namesake originated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. Could Renault&#8217;s move kick-start a trend? How about: Mercedes Swing Hyundai Stride BMW Boogie-Woogie Chrysler Blues Mini Cooper Trad Chevrolet Cool GM [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1639","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1639\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}