If you tie it to displacement you run into all sorts of issues. From a marketing standpoint they always want to increment higher. Having a brand new car named exactly the same as a car from the 80s or 90s doesn't make too much sense.
If you tie it to HP you run into all sorts of issues. What if it has 436hp? Are we calling this thing the 436Z?
Z or 400Z.
Both work, but if they go with 400Z they should probably increment upward for each new model ... 400 -> 450 -> 500 -> 550Z something along those lines.
(though personally I prefer just Z with some internal code)
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