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i know this has nothing to do with computers or games but it made me lol

it's channel 4's poll of 'the stupidest car names'

http://www.channel4.com/4car/fun/polls/ ... names.html

the "yamaha pantryboy supreme" has got to be my personal favourite

Pffffft. Mitsubishi Mini Active Urban Sandal.

I presume these are translations

yer i should think so...ive never seen any of them before apart from the 'bongo friendee' (which i passed today and reminded me of this), a 'izsusuzuz big horn' and a 'Toyota Estima Lucida G Luxury Joyful Canopy'

It wasn't a car, but Suzuki Van Van was another rather stupid one. It was a motorcycle.

http://www.motorbikestoday.com/reviews/ ... vanvan.htm

pfft

why dont all the japanese car firms just hire an actual translator instead of just trying to guess?!

also: the toyota MR2 had to be changed from MR2 to just MR Coupe after their really bad launch in france when they realised that it sounded like and practically spelled out "merdeux"

Apparently 'Pajero' means something like 'wanker' in Spanish. Good name for a 4x4.

well done to mitsubishi.

yer they have to use Montero instead. i suppose your not gonna go up to someone and go "hi. yer so ive just gone out and bought myself a brand new wanker" are you

Pfft, Mitsubishi Canter Guts, I didnt know a car company had trademarked having the shits!

haha thats great why dont they sell them in england god damn it! i reckon i'd have to test drive an Isuzu Mysterious Utility Wizard

FatherJack wrote:Apparently 'Pajero' means something like 'wanker' in Spanish. Good name for a 4x4.

It does (also "plumber"). They call it the "Montero" in the US and Spain for some reason.

Then there's the old classic - the Vauxhall (Opel?) Nova. Didn't sell too well in Spain apparently.

Thought it was the Chevy Nova, meaning no-go or something? But yeah they called the GM one Corsa, which we've now adopted.

FatherJack wrote:Thought it was the Chevy Nova, meaning no-go or something?

Chevy = Vauxhall = GM basically.

FatherJack wrote:Thought it was the Chevy Nova, meaning no-go or something?

Yeah, 'va' is the third person variation of the verb 'ir', which means 'to go'. So 'no va' means he/she doesn't go.

I googled this because I love how super rich companies can fuck up something so simple as bothering to check what their new products name actually means in various languages. Megacorp fuckups.

HereComesPete wrote:I googled this because I love how super rich companies can fuck up something so simple as bothering to check what their new products name actually means in various languages. Megacorp fuckups.

Hehe hee, J’ai pété

FatherJack wrote: Hehe hee, J’ai pété

pffft...ive farted

also:

the marketing cockup website wrote:"Touch Woody - The Internet Pecker."

haha

FatherJack wrote:It wasn't a car, but Suzuki Van Van was another rather stupid one. It was a motorcycle.

http://www.motorbikestoday.com/reviews/ ... vanvan.htm

just saw one of those on my way home the other day...

http://s30.photobucket.com/albums/c329/ ... _A0135.jpg

My favourite.

Isuzu Mysterious Utility Wizard

I often wonder whether it's actually an underpaid labourer coming up with the name and vaguely hoping they might be able to swing it past the QT guys. Sorta like the goatse alternative Olympics logo making it onto the news.

Its probably just some underpaid labourer in the pub having a laugh with his mates!