Quincey Forder wrote:

I think that there is still brands going around Take ground vehicles. You could get a low price model like the old Traband, Fiat and the like a medium like Nissan, Lexus, etc or the expensive ones like Aston Martin, Jaguar,Hummer, not to mention the top like the limo, Ferarri... Beside, I don't think the old models are destroyed, merely declassed and used by the plebes who can't afford newer, safer model. I have the picture in mind of Barsoomian driving through Mars' wilderness in Pickups and/or Hummers with altered engines, and transporting their goods in century old Mack trucks And the farms likely use decades epproved John Deers' I'm not dropping names like that for the fun of it, but to press the point that though they might be owned by big groups and hypercorps these days, they're probably still around. Ford has been around for over a century, now, the same with Renaut and Saab. Names like that become memes unto into themselves, certain names are synonyms of quality and durability, or lack thereof Hell, they're likely to have a rep level on their own A 2-Chevaux would probably have some @rep because of the history of the car, ditto for the VW van. You think of them, you think 'hippies', 'Anarchist', Mai 68, for the Titanian history buffs Likewise, a Jag would probably have some F-rep. Come to think of it, some brands might give a positive or negative modifyer on social rolls or maybe even in some networking. "Oh this guy wears the latest smartsuit by Calvin Klein." "oh look at her, she wears some cheap H&M dress. I bet it doesn't even get spimes or adaptative color fabric..." The cloth makes the man, they say. The brands of the same cloth might undo him, even if he's sleeved in an Olympian or Sylph morph.