PlymSpotter From Spain, joined Jun 2004, 7018 posts, RR: 53 Reply 5, posted (2 months 3 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 1425 times:
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I can think of a few;
The 'Pinto' which is a nickname for small penis in South America.
The 'Pajero' which apparently means wanker in some language.
The 'Cedric' - why oh why do you call a car the CEDRIC, it just shouts 'boring!'
The 'Probe' (in said list) although I do know a couple of gay men who own Probes and love them - no joke, part of the reason they bought the car was it's suggestive name...
Superfly From United States, joined May 2000, 27321 posts, RR: 75 Reply 8, posted (2 months 3 weeks 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 1392 times:
Just about every alpha/numeric car name that seems to be the new trend.
FX35
FX45
6
381
325
330
345
525
540
740
760
323
626
929
Z3
X3
X5
M350
M430
RX330
G6
CLK
CTS
SLS
FUK
DTS
MKS
MKZ
RX7
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the list goes on and on.
At least the cars in the OP have a real name.
Pyrex From Portugal, joined Aug 2005, 1822 posts, RR: 9 Reply 10, posted (2 months 3 weeks 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 1364 times:
There is an SUV in the US called the Kia Borrego. The word borrego in Portuguese means either "lamb" (as in the meat, not the actual living animal) or "aborted landing" (a somewhat appropriate aeronautical theme there).
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Marquis From Germany, joined Sep 2005, 216 posts, RR: 1 Reply 12, posted (2 months 3 weeks 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 1318 times:
Rolls-Royce actually named their famous model "Silver Shadow", "Silver Mist" beforehand, but as German speaking countries were already a key market back then they changed it as "Mist" means "rubbish" or "crap" in German.
Fritzi From Sweden, joined Jun 2001, 2754 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (2 months 3 weeks 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 1308 times:
Honda released a car called the Honda Fitta a few years ago in asia. Quite amusing for us swedes as Fitta in English is pussy, and then I don't mean a cat...
Thom@s From Norway, joined Oct 2000, 11739 posts, RR: 42 Reply 16, posted (2 months 3 weeks 5 days ago) and read 1296 times:
There was a Japanese car manufacturer (I wanna say Nissan) which actually had to change the name on one of their models a few years back, because the name "Fitta" was slightly rude towards norwegian customers. It's name translates to Norwegian as slang for a womans cat. (And I'm not talking about a pet animal...)
Charles79 From United States, joined Mar 2007, 630 posts, RR: 2 Reply 17, posted (2 months 3 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 1215 times:
Actually what has always bothered me is the attempt that US carmakers made to give their vehicles more panache by giving them names of exotic places. Let's see, there were...
Dodge Daytona: visions of the 24 hour race evaporate in this 4-cyl econobox
Pontiac Le Mans: a disgrace to the most important car event in the planete
Dodge Aspen: my dad had one...kinda reminded us of the slopes in the real Aspen: this car went down a slippery slope from day one.
Dodge Monaco: akin to the Chevy Monte Carlo, an egregious attempt to evoke romance and wealth where there was none.
Chevrolet Cavalier: yeah...real cavaliers in their horses are faster!
But my all time favorite is any GM car labeled as a "Limited". Yeah, limited to the number that they can sell!
Quoting Superfly (Reply 8): Just about every alpha/numeric car name that seems to be the new trend.
I don't have a problem with it as far as the Germans go as they were the pioneers of the method and it makes sense (BMW has 1, 3, 5, 6, and 7 series while Mercedes will sell you a C, E, or S-Class), but the Japanese (and now Americans) copy cats are making the whole ridiculous. Is that a Lincoln MKZ or MKS or MKT? And is the FX pricier than an EX but cheaper than the G? They should just leave it to the Germans.
FRAspotter From United States, joined May 2004, 1503 posts, RR: 6 Reply 20, posted (2 months 3 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 1194 times:
I always laugh when I'm driving around back home in Germany (or anywhere in Europe) and see the Renault "Twingo" driving around. For some reason I always get the word "twinky" stuck in my head. Not that the car looks like a twinky, it's just the way the name sounds...
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