houseslave wrote:
The Troybilt name is a name of
prestige and is well known so I doubt that it will go away. And it
did survive a bankruptsy too.

Troybilt did not survive bankruptcy. If they had, MTD would not own the
name. MTD is using the good name that Troybilt created, and that they
'bought' at what amounts to a going-out-of-business sale.