Meaning of "Berlina"

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Jun 15, 2004 | 09:55 PM

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dreamcation

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Originally posted by ruexp67
I thought it was Japanese for "The Slowest Color Available."

Jun 15, 2004 | 10:06 PM

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I just don't keep it up but that kinda cool where the name came from

Jun 16, 2004 | 04:10 AM

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Originally posted by Road Rage
Pretty worldy crew here.....

Berlina is an Italian word, equivalent to "sedan" in the US or "saloon" in Britain. An Alfa Berlina was an Alfa sport sedan.

So you read the original post too then.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by dlc68

Jun 16, 2004 | 11:49 AM

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Originally posted by Neil.H
I guess they figured Berlina was such a fast colour, naming it after a racetrack would have been too dangerous so they toned it down by naming it after a saloon/ sedan

That sounds about as good an explanation as any! The best (serious) explanation I can come up with is they couldn't think of anything catchy to pair with "Black" so they used Berlina as an homage to Alfa Romeo. Some people are very fond of Alfa Berlinas, and it's not hard to imagine one of them in the Honda marketing department. Or, they chose Berlina knowing it has some semi-significant automotive meaning but not fully understanding what it is (how does it go? "never attribute to malice what can be sufficiently explained by stupidity"?