Talk:Lincoln Zephyr V-12

Since Zephyr was inherited as a modelname by Lincoln for the 1941 modelyear after the Lincoln-Zephyr marque was discontinued, it make no sense to merge the article into the Lincoln-Zephyr article. How else to keep things visible and comprehensible? Slimbrow (talk) 20:55, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

These articles should be merged. Having two articles is actually far less transparent and comprehensible. The main difference is that the 1936-40 Lincoln-Zephyrs were a separate marque produced by the Lincoln Motor Company and that the 1941-42 Lincoln Zephyrs were a model of the Lincoln Division. The "V-12" was displayed in sales literature and advertisements both before and after the change in separate marque status (and both were powered by the very same engine). Thus calling this page the "Lincoln Zephyr V-12" page, to distinguish it from the Lincoln-Zephyr is itself confusing. The only real difference is that the *hyphen* was dropped in 1941 (the car had been extensively remodeled in 1938).

This is a very different question than whether or not to have a separate "Chrysler Imperial" or "Imperial" page. Those denote a clear difference in what the car was called. In this case what we're really quibbling over is a blasted *hyphen*. The only people who are really aware of any change were corporate managers working for Lincoln in 1940-41, and automotive historians. And if the goal is to educate, it is far better to do it on one page, especially given this is really a question over a nearly invisible punctuation mark of which the average person is completely oblivious.

In my opinion maintaining a separate page is merely parsing in the interest of near comical obfuscation.

Sadowski (talk) 18:49, 14 January 2012 (UTC)