(Brent P) wrote in
:

> In article >, Michael
> Johnson wrote:
>> Brent P wrote:
>>> In article >, Michael
>>> Johnson wrote:
>>>
>>>> marketing now... Challenger with a Hemi. Then, if they are smart,
>>>> a Hemi Cuda will appear.
>>>
>>> How does one have a Plymouth Barracuda without a Plymouth?
>>
>> If I were D-C I would rebrand it a Dodge in a second. There's too
>> much marketing power behind the name to ignore, IMO. Much more than
>> the name Challenger. Would you really care if it were a Dodge or a
>> Plymouth Hemi Cuda with 450+ hp? I sure wouldn't.
>
> Marketing power will fall off with only part of the name. I don't
> think 'Ford Cougar' would work in grabing the power of the name.
>
> If they wouldn't care if was called a plymouth they wouldn't care if
> was called a Cuda either. It could be the Dodge Coelacanth....
> http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/InNews...toric2006.html

"'Cuda" means everything; Plymouth is simply not a factor.