I knew that. I suppose Mazda changed the name of the GLC to the 323, then finally to the Protegé for the same reason?
No, actually. Mazda had a quality problem with the GLC (it stood for "Great Little Car," which it wasn't), so it got renamed the 323 when they went to an all-numeric naming scheme. Then they decided that numbers sucked, so the perfectly acceptable 323 became the Protege (to the point where there are some cars with 323 *and* Protege badges).