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Dec 31, 2005 13:11:28 GMT
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Anyone got any?? Like the Ascari...  is Kiswahilli for Guard, And Nova...  is spanish for doesn't go.... |
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Dec 31, 2005 13:21:03 GMT
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sssssssssssangyong roughly translates as neighbourhood clownshoe. ;D
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Dec 31, 2005 13:25:07 GMT
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Dec 31, 2005 13:39:14 GMT
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Someone told me that Pajero means W@nker in Spanish...not sure how true that is!
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Dec 31, 2005 13:46:18 GMT
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ssangyong is koren for turd i think (joke)
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Dec 31, 2005 13:55:08 GMT
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Someone told me that Pajero means W@nker in Spanish...not sure how true that is! just looked that one up, looks like you could be right.. In Australia we have a four wheel drive vehicle made by Mitsubishi (very popular it is too) called the Mitsubishi Pajero (meaning masturbator, curse word in spanish), and a popular term for a person who drives a four wheel drive is a four wheel drive curse word. Co-incidence, I think not!
Posted by: Lynton at March 8, 2005 07:09 PM
That Mitsubish Pajero is also very popular in Brazil, but when they tried marketing that car in Argentina & Chile, they had to back up and change its name as it wasn't very popular!!!!
Posted by: Dennys at May 1, 2005 08:20 AM also the MR2 sold badly in France coz it was MR duex, when pronounced was merde, which is sh1t |
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Dec 31, 2005 14:18:42 GMT
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was told "punto" means "small penis" in a language, not sure what language tho.
as an aside, maserati's are all named after winds
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Dec 31, 2005 14:37:39 GMT
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maserati's are all named after winds <Weatherman> There is a strong BiTurbo coming from the North this evening... </Weatherman> |
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Dec 31, 2005 14:44:16 GMT
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ok, not all of 'em!! kahmsin, shamal, ghibli etc. are. also not quatroporte, simply meanin 4 door
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Dec 31, 2005 14:45:15 GMT
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We gonna have a series of GranSports pushing ion from the west, followed by some MC12's coming off the atlantic, so battern down the hatches people.  |
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Dec 31, 2005 14:48:50 GMT
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ok I f**ked up. no need to rub it in!!!
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Dec 31, 2005 14:49:40 GMT
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Fiesta means cheap porn mag in English but it nevertheless sold well. As did Escort which was the slightly larger model.
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Dec 31, 2005 14:58:31 GMT
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The Nova one is an urban myth unfortunately, I speak a little Spanish, and it comes out more as "No go", than the variations of "doesn't work" that you hear rumours of, and other than that, the myths usually suggest that the car didn't sell as a result, but it seems a bit far fetched that people thought the name of the car was implying that it was unreliable. One I have heard that might stand up a bit is "Pinto" being portugese slang for someone with undersized privates so to speak, which, if it were true, I suppose could have a bit of an adverse effect on sales of the Ford Pinto in Brazil etc, among people who use that particular bit of slang anyway. Is that the same one you were talking about Bodieanddoyle?
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Dec 31, 2005 15:03:35 GMT
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of course rev . but then I seem to have got so much wrong on this thread I'll take any redemption  thought pintos sold badly cos they were cr@p! I was wrong again..... makes a change  |
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Dec 31, 2005 15:19:17 GMT
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Someone told me that Pajero means W@nker in Spanish...not sure how true that is! Depends on the region the idea was it was supposed to mean grass cat. But some areas it can mean masturbator. MR2 had to be renamed in france as it came out sounding like merde. |
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Dec 31, 2005 16:45:58 GMT
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the nova one has been doing the rounds for years but in spanish speaking countries
novas are called corsas ;D
unless it america where they are chevy
vw also get in with the wind thing bora scirocco golf (gulf in german)
and the nissan thing of cedric gloria fairlady etc ;D
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Dec 31, 2005 16:46:51 GMT
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of course rev . but then I seem to have got so much wrong on this thread I'll take any redemption thought pintos sold badly cos they were cr@p! I was wrong again..... makes a change That probably had a lot to do with it, that and the whole exploding in accidents fiasco associated with them, but people love looking for secret explanations for things, I think people just love feeling smug because they've deciphered some mystery, so someone happens to notice that "pinto" happens to also be a Brazilian insult and decides they must be dead clever because they've found out the real reason they didn't sell, rather than it being something to do with the fact that nobody bought them for fear of being blown to pieces the first time they were nudged in the Tesco car park! ;D |
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Dec 31, 2005 17:07:15 GMT
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I seem to recall that el camino loosely translated means car-a-truck.
On a chevelle floor plan it should mean "I suck"
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Dec 31, 2005 17:28:24 GMT
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Don't forget, Allegro means quickly!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D |
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Dec 31, 2005 17:31:13 GMT
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True that, I could be dead cynical and nasty and say that that refers to the fact that they dissolved and/or leaked quickly after being made, but I won't because I quite like Allegros, and besides that I own an Imp, and most British cars weren't any better! ;D ;D  |
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