Basically here is the USA posistion, and, as we all have learned recently,
this will be the correct one...:)
It is a WING if it sits off the deck, held up by one or more
thingamajobbies(stanchions?) It is a SPOILER if it's bottom edge is
connected to the width of the car. Euro/Aussie Touring Cars use Wings.
Winston Cup cars use Spoilers. Trans Am cars used Spoilers until last year
when they swapped over to wings. F15's use Wings....Typhoons use
Canards...but that's another story.
The front of the car can also have a spoiler if it connects along it's
width to the car. I believe the European word would be splitter. Heck back
in the old days of Nascar, the front spoiler was little more than a two inch
tab of metal sticking down from the bumper and only maybe 36 inches wide.
They called 'em Chin Spoilers.
other common terms that have been bolloxed up by one side or the other.
Hood=Bonnet
Trunk=Boot
The Hospital=Hospital
A Vacation=Vacation
Skirts=Valence
that about covers ALL the differences...I think.
dave(I call em like I see'em)henrie
> >Lol, yes, the original post referenced the " rear" wing, so I was
stating
> >we call it a spoiler in this part of the country.
> >The front would be air dam or valance I guess.
> >Don Burnette
> Must be a Southern thang Don...coz way own south (Oz) we too call it a
> spoiler and at the front an air dam with or without a splitter. Though,
to
> be honest, when the discussion turns to adjustable spoilers sitting up off
> the rear deck, they tend to become rear wings....which kind of makes
sense,
> no?
> Ben
