[Closed] (Pics) Can anyone help with automobile identification ?

I agree about names on Asian cars, Leon. I've never figured out what Lexus and Infiniti mean, but I know they're not words. I've had a
number of Mazdas, and have never understood the connection between that
name and light bulbs. GE trademarked the name Mazda for light bulbs or
filaments in 1909. Where did they come up with that? I've seen early light
bulbs in museums with "Mazda" printed on them.

As for Accord, who knows, although it could mean agreeable, as in "the
parties were in accord." I have a friend who had the license plate ION on his
Accord, so he had an Accordion.

The MIA/KIA thing is just too easy to miss, however. Maybe the next Korean
car will be an MIA. I do wonder, though, if anyone at the company ever
thought it through before marketing it in the US. Remember the famous
Chevy NOVA, dangerously close to "no go" or "does not go" in Spanish.

GE's lightbulbs of the early 1900's demonstrated a different level of education among engineers, being that of a classical background. Not only did they study Latin and Greek, but also other ancient cultures. So these educated men knew that in the Zoroastrian religion (c. 600 B.C.), the god Ahura Mazda was associated with light and fire, the emblems of truth, goodness, and wisdom. However, I don't think this has anything to do with the car's name.

Thanks, David! Also Sprach Zarathustra!

Wasn't there an old French Dinky or CIJ electrical van with "Lampe Mazda" on it?

As a fighter and proponent on the BB forum to have a separate 1:1 forum, be careful over here in 1:43 land. DO NOT go where the BB has gone. I have stated that the other forums have maintained their "purity" and wish that the BB would separate into 1:1 and 1:24 forums. If any of you followed the BB "discussions", you will know that it became "very testy and nasty" and resulted in several members leaving the forum..... Just my 2 cents and opinion..... And a rare ocassional 1:1 pic to clarify a point is accecptable...IMO. I am over here to post a few pics for one of your own.... Glory be, if I posted 1:43 pics over there, I'd get cut down at the knees... 😉

Regards, Jerry G.

Wow, that's some neat looking 1:43's.... And the figures are soooo real lookin....
..... just kiddin'....

Jerry, do you think my initial post was unacceptable ?

I cannot say that it is or isn't accecptable here as I am not a regular 1:43 forum member.

It looks like the 1:43 forum is 'more tightly' controlled than the BB. Sorry for my non-committal response.

Jerry, we are all friends here and try to keep it that way.