Oldest model name in current and continuous use

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Sat 26 Jan 2008 18:24
Oldest model name in current and continuous use - JH
For some reason I got to wondering the oldest model name in current and continuous use is. I happened to be looking at a Fiesta at the time (introduced 1976) but the Golf beats it (1974). Is there anything older?
JH
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Sat 26 Jan 2008 18:30
Oldest model name in current and continuous use - Alby Back
Mini ?
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Sat 26 Jan 2008 18:30
Oldest model name in current and continuous use - yorkiebar
I have got Honda Civic listed from 1973 on. Dont remember them from then though!

Does Fiat 500 count?

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Sat 26 Jan 2008 18:33
Oldest model name in current and continuous use - JH
s & y - neither Mini (v MINI) nor FIAT 500 were in continuous use so Honda Civic takes the lead!
JH

Edited by JH on 26/01/2008 at 18:35

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Sat 26 Jan 2008 18:52
Oldest model name in current and continuous use - anthonyf
Corolla?
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Sat 26 Jan 2008 18:53
Oldest model name in current and continuous use - anthonyf
Sorry just remembered I don't think it's in current use.
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Mon 28 Jan 2008 07:19
Oldest model name in current and continuous use - CJay{P}
Sorry just remembered I don't think it's in current use.

Corolla is still in use in Asia.
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Sat 26 Jan 2008 18:55
Oldest model name in current and continuous use - Pugugly {P}
BMW 335 - pre war and current ???
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Sat 26 Jan 2008 18:59
Oldest model name in current and continuous use - Harleyman
Chevrolet Corvette!
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Sat 26 Jan 2008 19:10
Oldest model name in current and continuous use - PhilW
Rolls -Royce Phantom?

but hang on - what's this?
Morgan 4/4 70th anniversary?
www.carpages.co.uk/morgan/morgan-70th-anniversary-...p

Edited by Dynamic Dave on 26/01/2008 at 19:48

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Sat 26 Jan 2008 19:54
Oldest model name in current and continuous use - Ruperts Trooper
Even excusing WW2, the 3-series wasn't re-introduced until 1976 and didn't include 335 initially.
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Sat 26 Jan 2008 19:58
Oldest model name in current and continuous use - Pugugly {P}
I know :-(

Morgan gets it I think.
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Sun 27 Jan 2008 12:04
Oldest model name in current and continuous use - Imagos
Ford Crown Victoria mid 1950's-

Lincoln Town Car 1922-

...another old timer of note, Lincoln Continental 1939-2002

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Sun 27 Jan 2008 13:27
Oldest model name in current and continuous use - Billy Whizz
Over here, maybe in SECOND place is Range Rover, 1970 - present.
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Sun 27 Jan 2008 14:00
Oldest model name in current and continuous use - drivewell
Since Land Rover is essentially generic for what we might officially now call a Defender.... does Land ROver not count for something?
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Sun 27 Jan 2008 14:21
Oldest model name in current and continuous use - Ruperts Trooper
Freelander is part of the Land-Rover brand, so L-R isn't a model.
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Sun 27 Jan 2008 17:02
Oldest model name in current and continuous use - cjehuk
Ford F-150 Pickup?

Toyota Landcruiser?
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Sun 27 Jan 2008 18:33
Oldest model name in current and continuous use - Lud
PhilW must be pretty well right with RR Phantom, can't think of anything older.
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Sun 27 Jan 2008 19:00
Oldest model name in current and continuous use - cheddar
Mustang!

They called them ol' horses Mustangs before the even trained em to pull a fringe topped surrey!
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Sun 27 Jan 2008 19:28
Oldest model name in current and continuous use - Ruperts Trooper
The Rolls-Royce Phantom VI ended in '91 and later resurrected in '03 by BMW - so not continuous.
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Sun 27 Jan 2008 19:51
Oldest model name in current and continuous use - Billy Whizz
Wikipedia says Land Cruiser model name introduced in 1954.
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Sun 27 Jan 2008 21:15
Oldest model name in current and continuous use - Lud
I wonder who owns the de Dion name?

'Cute as a Bouton' so to speak.

I suppose the RR Phantom wasn't continuous in production terms. But they never made many of them anyway, especially in recent years. I doubt if that last pause, between RR proper and BMW, was the only pause in the models's continuity actually, although it may have been the longest. I don't suppose they sold many between 1929 and 34.
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Sun 27 Jan 2008 21:23
Oldest model name in current and continuous use - Alby Back
Wonder if the VW Beetle is in with a shout? Seem to think they still made the old ones in South America somewhere until recently? Or was "Beetle" just a nickname maybe and wouldn't count?

Beginning to wonder why I am wondering about this.......................;-)
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Sun 27 Jan 2008 22:37
Oldest model name in current and continuous use - PhilW
I think some of you have missed this from my post above

Morgan 4/4 70th anniversary
www.carpages.co.uk/morgan/morgan-70th-anniversary-...p

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"There are many motor manufacturers who can claim 70 years of continuous production, but it is only the Morgan Motor Company who can make this claim with the same model!

Launched back in 1936 the Morgan 4/4 remains in full production today. To celebrate this unique achievement, the Morgan Motor Company has unveiled a special model. "

Dated Jan 2006 - so now 71 years production of the Morgan 4/4





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Sun 27 Jan 2008 23:15
SECOND oldest model name in current+continuous use - Billy Whizz
PhilW - yup, I reckon you can bag first place. I think we're now trying to establish SECOND oldest model name ! (well, I am :-)
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Mon 28 Jan 2008 15:42
Oldest model name in current and continuous use - bignick2
Officially the Volkswagen Type 1 commonly known by its nickname of Beetle in Europe or Bug in the US. As far as I know only the new Beetle is an official VW name.

Jeep maybe?



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Mon 28 Jan 2008 12:01
Oldest model name in current and continuous use - Harleyman
Wikipedia says Land Cruiser model name introduced in 1954.

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Beaten by the Corvette; according to Wikipedia the C1 came out in 1953.
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