BE ADVISED THAT THIS BLOG'S STRICT POLICY AGAINST MAKING FUN OF NAMES

...also extends to names of car manufacturers.

(Thanks to Janice Gelb)

Comments

[Diva]

Is it just me, or does that car look like it was made by Playskool®?

[JayP]

First to sign the petition against smaller tatas.

[Steve Haller]

I don't know, if the car's good enough for Mork it should be OK for humans too...

[PeterM]

Bodacious!

[PeterM]

Here's an old article on some of the problems car makers have had when selling in foreign countries:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3208501.stm

The Buick LaCrosse will launch next year

Red-faced officials at General Motors in Canada have been forced to think of a new name for their latest model after discovering it was a slang word for masturbation.

GM officials said they had been unaware that LaCrosse was a term for self-gratification among teenagers in French-speaking Quebec.

They are now working on a new name for the LaCrosse in Canada. The car will go on sale next year to replace the Buick Regal.

More recently, Mitsubishi had to change the name of its Pajero model in Spanish speaking countries, where the word is a slang term for "masturbator".

While Toyota's Fiera proved controversial in Puerto Rico, where fiera translated to "ugly old woman".

And Ford didn't have the reception it expected in Brazil when their Pinto car flopped.

They then discovered that in Brazilian Portuguese slang, pinto means "small penis".

[JayP]

tata is a wonderful word. Not at all tinny.

[eilbeback]

The beer-crushing woman with the large ta-tas will not fit in this car...

[Bãrön vønKlýff]

Would Nano Tatas qualify for the Itty Bitty Ti... errr... Tata Committee?

[jerzy]

Tata in Polish means "Daddy", childs name for father.

[Punkin]

Can I get one for each of the girls?

(Do you think they'll chaffe?)

[eilbeback]

Punkin, only if you drive them together... Siouxie told me.

[Siouxie]

Yes. Make sure you lube them thoroughly, Punkin.

[Bãrön vønKlýff]

And Punkin', make sure that you film the lubage for all us interested bloglits. We need to make sure that you have full lube coverage. You can't be too careful when it comes to chafing the girls.

[Mot the Hoople]

Don't knock them they've just bought Jaguar from Ford.

[shelley]

speaking of funny car names....does anyone remember the "Impact"?

[JayP]

shelley--
My favorite was the Mirage. In the right light, if you were severely dehydrated, it almost looked like a car.

[MartiniShark]

Ah heck, suddlenly my shirt is not as funny.

[MartiniShark]

Had a friend who said he hated the idea of ever being rear-ended by a Probe.

[MartiniShark]

Make that My Shirt

[gp]

Also heard that Nova means "NO GO" so Chevy had problems selling them in some areas.

[meansheep]

The best translation problem I heard about is when my husband was riding around town with a friend of his and his friend's wife, who is Taiwanese. She suddenly pointed to a car ahead of them and started laughing. It was a Hyundai Etos. She told them that in native Taiwanese "etos" means "throw up until you die". Personally, I find it "very interesting" that ANY culture had to come up with a word for "throw up until you die"....

[Bill]

I understand that now that Tata has bought Jaguar, they are going to rename it Bodacious Tata.