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Old 09-01-2006, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by dmlgc
I asked this of BMW service manager, he said because that would make it an "MX5" and that would cause trademark issue with Mazda-mx 5.
Don't know if it's true but guess it's plausible.
I'm sure they could have called it something else if they wanted to. Back when they made the "M" Z3, they didn't call it the MZ3, but instead the M Roadster. They could call this one the M-SAV if they wanted to.
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