Isn't 'Cuda a model, not a nickname?

Rainy Day Auto said

if you are really going to put that much weight in street slang over what the factory says then we can also correctly call the 64- 66 barracudas as Valiants. That is what they are, a few of us start using the term interchangeably and new "street slang" is born. Isn't that how it works.

You guys are cute with your valiant 'Cudas LOL

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You just proved my point

Early Barracudas were commonly referred to as a 'Cuda. They were called 'Cudas before it was a factory designation. At that time, EVERY Barracuda was a 'Cuda. They were not called Valiant Cudas because they were Barracudas, not Cudas. Now once the Cuda name was established and standardized, calling a Barracuda of that year a Cuda is uncouth. All that said, I would call any Barracuda I own a 'Cuda if I wanted to. The only people it would offend aren't the kinda people I would probably want to BS with about cars anyway...