Talk:Rover P4

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I find it strange that this otherwise very good article insists on using the "P4" designation as if it were part of the car's name. It was not. From the point of view of owners and public Rover never inroduced a car called the P4 90 - this is nonsense: it was ONLY referred to as a "Rover 90". To say "I have a P4" would have been a completely bizarre thing to say, perhaps unless you were a Rover employee or car nerd - for everyone else, these cars were Rover 80s and 90s and 105s or whatever. I think the article should reflect this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.37.199.166 (talk)

I was under the impression that the P4 nomenclature was fairly common over there when I wrote the article. For comparison, the NA and NB names for the Mazda MX-5 are in widespread use by enthusiasts, but nearly unknown to all others. That said, I have no problem at all with your clarifying addition to the article. --SFoskett 13:50, July 24, 2005 (UTC)

That's great, thanks very much. It sounds very much like your MX-5 model is much the same as my experience - I don't know any real Rover enthusiasts, only ordinary owners (including my family and the various 90s, 105Ss and 100s we had!), and whereas I'm happy to accept that the enthusiasts very likely do say "P4", I am quite sure that this term wasn't in general use among owners and other "ordinary" (?!) people. Thanks for your kind reply and cooperation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.37.199.166 (talk)