Anything with ‘old’ in the name turns off customers from younger demographics. I remember a slogan GM ran, something like, ‘this is not your father’s Oldsmobile’. I knew that ad campaign was bound to fail.

Why would that have become an issue after all that time?

It reached a crescendo when baby boomers started making major purchases.

Jet Away Transmission. My second car was an F-85.
From the Lansing Area.