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From: c23st@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (Spiros Triantafyllopoulos)
Subject: Re: Ad said Nissan Altima best seller?
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Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 17:47:52 GMT
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In article <C5uFLH.4p4@srgenprp.sr.hp.com> markg@sr.hp.com (Mark Goldsworthy) writes:
>I just bought an Altima (and like it very much) and yes there is a
>little Stanza logo ever so discretely placed on the trunk. The Altima is
>emblazoned in big silver letters, but the itsy-bitsy Stanza is shunted
>to the far left of the trunk lid. You can only see it if you get up
>close to the car and know where to look. It is very inconspicuous.
>
>In fact my first clue that this was a Stanza was that the owners manual
>called the car a Nissan Stanza Altima.
>
>Anybody know *why* Nissan did it this way?

To avoid paperwork associated with re-certification as a brand new car,
etc. So for ad purposes it's a brand new nameplate, for paperwork it's
still a Stanza.

Spiros


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