16-04-2019, 01:45 PM
Sometimes it can be more convenient, and even more accurate, to refer to a model by its generic if unofficial name. A chummy can be referred to as a chummy, without the need or knowledge to distinguish whether it's a B, C, D, or whatever; similarly a boat-tailed two seater is easily distinguished from, say, a PD Opal without the need to identify whether it's a PA, PB or PC. If the precise detail is not known, it's surely better to describe a car as a long-chassis box saloon, rather than guessing that it's an RP and then finding one is wrong?