Talk:Alfa Romeo 75

Dampers and "shock absorbers"

I am unrepentant about the chnages I made. I refer to vrious articles as published in CAR magazine written by that 'doyen' of motoring journalists LJK Setright] He was most clear about the physics of automobile suspensions. In particular the so called "shock absorbers" reduce the amplitude of oscillations of the springs, - 'i.e.' they damp the motion - and hence should be called "dampers". The springs themselves absord the shock - by changes to their internal (usually metallic) structure -that goes for all sorts of springs: torsion bars, leaf springs, coil springs('i.e' volute springs snd others. Common usage and the physical realities of the matter disagree - and I was attempting to right the matter in one article, which means a lot to me: I used to drive a 2-litre 'Twin Spark' Alfa 75 and it was the best handling car I have ever driven! Hair Commodore (talk) 10:15, 14 May 2009 (UTC) I submit that given Leonard Setright's observations, my edit was correct and should therefore be reinstated!

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Alfa Romeo 75 / Milano

Hi Andy, can you give any examples where multiple names are in the infobox? Seems that it makes more sense to use the article title for consistency. The article name is a good yardstick on which to base the usage, and it seems confusing to refer to the vehicle via article name as one thing, then in the infobox as another.

• Alfa Romeo 164 - not 168
• Chevrolet Bolt - not Opel Ampera
• Ford Cortina not Taunus
• Ford Granada - not Scorpio
• Ford Mondeo - not the Fusion, Contour or Cougar
• Ford Scorpio - not Granada or Merkur Scorpio
• Holden Commodore - not Monaro, Lumina, VXR8 or Omega
• Honda NSX - Not Acura
• Lancia Ypsilon - not Chrysler
• Mazda Demio - not Mazda2
• Mazda3 - not Axela
• Mazda6 - not Atenza
• Mitsubishi Pajero - Not Montero or Shogun
• Opel Insignia - not Holden Commodore or Buick Regal
• Volkswagen Golf - not Rabbit

And I should imagine there are more, so precedent exists. Chaheel Riens (talk) 08:00, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

One name should be used. Multiple names are used only when there are multiple models like SZ and RZ. Here we have one model and its alternative name for particular market. YBSOne (talk) 09:31, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

WP tends to work by policy, not precedent. If there's a reason to only have one name here, then fine - but it needs to be 75, not Milano. Andy Dingley (talk) 10:31, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

Of course, the primary model is 75. YBSOne (talk) 10:53, 1 September 2019 (UTC)

So there's agreement for just having "Alfa Romeo 75" in the infobox, rather than "Alfa Romeo 75 / Milano"? I am assuming that Andy's comment of "needs to be 75" is equivalent to "Alfa Romeo 75", not literally "75". Chaheel Riens (talk) 15:40, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

"Alfa Romeo 75" YBSOne (talk) 21:10, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

Change made. Chaheel Riens (talk) 13:08, 6 September 2019 (UTC)