Talk:Honda Legend

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[edit] Merge request

The rationale for the merge request is that the standards adopted by WikiProject Automobiles specify that an article on a given model should be named the way the model is named in the home market. Acura Legend and Acura RL are American-market-only nameplates applied to the same car (made it the same factory) known elsewhere, including its "home" Japanese market, as Honda Legend. Therefore, it is only logical to have all the models and generations described as Honda Legend, with redirects and explanation of North American marketing.

Please also note that Honda Legend has already been marked as Category:Executive cars. Acura RL has not been sold in Europe as such, so it generally cannot be labelled as an executive car, while the category would add it to the list of executive cars, creating the impression that both Legend and RL were sold in the markets where the "executive car" classification functions.

Regards, Bravada, talk - 09:35, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

  • Agreed. This is the most logical arrangement. Go ahead and do it.  ProhibitOnions  (T) 19:09, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
  • STRONGLY disagree - The naming scheme you qualify as being "adopted" by WikiProject Automobiles was, in fact, not agreed upon. The Acura RL and Legend were far, far more popular than the Honda Legend, the cars were designed primarily for the North American market, and as such the articles at Acura Legend and Acura RL should be maintained where they are. If anything, the content from Honda Legend should be integrated into the Acura Legend article, and Honda Legend made a redirect. --93JC 01:06, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Raise the issue at the WikiProject then (I mean the general one, not the Acura/Honda thing) Bravada, talk - 01:12, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
  • I disagree. Even if the Legend/RL is sold as an Acura in the US and Canada, it's still called the Honda Legend in Europe, Japan, Australia.

Its a respected nameplate in Europe, Japan, and Australia, and it's not some made-up brand called Acura.

  • I Disagree also; Honda Legend is very established in its own right, and the countries that car was and is sold in may not even know of the Acura nameplate. Leave Honda Legend info as it is, since it is definitely unique, and there were a lot of differences between the models and options to make differentiation necessary.
  • Also STRONGLY disagree as per above. The badges "H" (Honda) and "A" (Acura) may be the only discernable and visible differences, but the impact that each car version has had on its respective country is enough warrant that each maintain its own article. It is still a very unique concept that Honda felt the need create an all new company in America in order to market a beautiful car that was sold as an everyday man's Honda back in Japan. This distinguishes the difference between a Honda Legend and an Acura Legend. --Djbroox 04:39, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Disagree, as per above. Both articles should be maintained separately, and link to each other.

Agreed. Every Acura RL is a Honda Legend but not every Honda Legend is an Acura RL.Undeuxtroiskid 21:09, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge conclusion

After months of debating the proposed merger (Way past the ordinary limit, by the way.), the result seems to be to leave the articles seperate. Accordingly, I have removed the merge tag.Hondasaregood 08:13, 23 January 2007 (UTC)