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Funny Company Names....
McBryce:
Believe it or not, there's actually people paid to check that new car names don't insult in any other language, and yet there are many examples of names that slipped through. The Toyota MR2 didn't go down well in France because MR2 is pronounced "Merde" (Shit) in France.
McBryce.
Gromitt:
Around the beginning of this millennium, Honda introduced a car with the name Fitta. That means c*nt in Swedish. They changed the name to Jazz quite fast.
jm_araujo:
--- Quote from: Naguissa on September 01, 2017, 10:38:37 am ---An old car called Mitshubishi Pajero. In spanish it means wanker, literally.
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Not so old, still being produced: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Pajero
It's sold in Spain as the Montero.
In the 70-80's Opel/Vauxhall launched the "Ascona": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel_Ascona . In Portugal it was renamed to "1604" as "Ascona" reads the same as "Asc*nt" in english, way too close to avoid embarrassment.
HighVoltage:
Jew's Juice
How companies come up with this is beyond me.
tooki:
--- Quote from: HighVoltage on September 01, 2017, 01:36:32 pm ---Jew's Juice
How companies come up with this is beyond me.
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Because jew's ear is the name of a fungus. It's probably an ingredient.
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