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RE: The psychology of automobile names - 11/24/2008 7:00:05 PM

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there is a lot of r and v also, although its not as funny...

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RE: The psychology of automobile names - 11/24/2008 7:06:55 PM

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What I want: 2009 VW Phaeton

What I can afford: 1973 AMC Gremlin

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RE: The psychology of automobile names - 11/24/2008 7:10:05 PM

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ill take that gremlin. me and my Master will have it running tens in the quarter... shaking rust off the whole way;)
i personally want a 68 camaro. but with a modernized suspension. and a new steering whatzit so it handles better...
i have a 89 celebrity. :(

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RE: The psychology of automobile names - 11/24/2008 7:11:03 PM

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I want a 71 Challenger

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RE: The psychology of automobile names - 11/24/2008 7:28:11 PM

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tens?!?!?! With the slant-6? Actually, I KNOW you've gotta be puttin that down with a big-block. Question is, chebby or ford?

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RE: The psychology of automobile names - 11/24/2008 7:44:44 PM

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tens?!?!?! With the slant-6? Actually, I KNOW you've gotta be puttin that down with a big-block. Question is, chebby or ford?

That's too terrible to even think about!

It's gotta be a Hemi, or maybe a stroker 500 RB...

So they're still putting a Phaeton out for '09? Does that mean they actually managed to sell an '08?

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RE: The psychology of automobile names - 11/24/2008 7:47:06 PM

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You gotta love the Mitsubishi Pajero, which never sold very well in Spain...because no one on the board of twits who chose the name for the car seemed to be aware that "pajero" means WANKER in Spanish.

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RE: The psychology of automobile names - 11/24/2008 7:49:26 PM

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bow tie all the way. although a hemi gremlin would be sweet

edit: i asked him and he said a crate motor from jegs. marlin block- 545 hp out of the box, and a cage with welding. i said ok!

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RE: The psychology of automobile names - 11/24/2008 7:59:18 PM

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the chevy nova wouldnt sell in mexico back in the 60s, but the chevelle and malibu did well. the reason why? no va in spanish means "doesnt go" so no one wanted them.

Old urban legend. Not true.

http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp

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RE: The psychology of automobile names - 11/24/2008 8:07:57 PM

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the funny thing is, a gm employees son told U/us this! now, where is my crow?

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RE: The psychology of automobile names - 11/24/2008 8:11:39 PM

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You gotta love the Mitsubishi Pajero, which never sold very well in Spain...because no one on the board of twits who chose the name for the car seemed to be aware that "pajero" means WANKER in Spanish.

Yeah, nobody at Mitsubishi would have researched that...

It was called the Montero in those markets.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Pajero

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RE: The psychology of automobile names - 11/24/2008 8:47:07 PM

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It was RENAMED Montero in those markets.

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You gotta love the Mitsubishi Pajero, which never sold very well in Spain...because no one on the board of twits who chose the name for the car seemed to be aware that "pajero" means WANKER in Spanish.

Yeah, nobody at Mitsubishi would have researched that...

It was called the Montero in those markets.

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RE: The psychology of automobile names - 11/24/2008 8:52:22 PM

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Oh, one other point on names- one of the best-selling cars in the U.S. for the past decade or so has a name which, although composed of all alpha characters and meant to be pronounced as a word, does not actually mean anything in any language.

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RE: The psychology of automobile names - 11/24/2008 9:20:53 PM

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It was RENAMED Montero in those markets.

And you of course have evidence that it was introduced in those markets as the Pajero and then renamed Montero?

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RE: The psychology of automobile names - 11/24/2008 10:45:07 PM

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http://www.dragtimes.com/images/4771-1973-AMC-Gremlin.jpg

dunno what they were thinking.

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RE: The psychology of automobile names - 11/24/2008 11:26:27 PM

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Yes, actually I do:

http://chameleon-translations.com/Index-Companies-pajero.shtml

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The Mitsubishi Pajero was renamed Montero (‘hunter in the mountains’) in Spain and the Americas, and — strangely — Shogun (‘Japanese warlord’) in the UK; but people in other parts of the world, including Australia and continental Europe, drive about cars which proudly proclaim their driver to be a Pajero in lettering along the side.

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http://chameleon-translations.com/Index-Companies-pajero-feedback.shtml

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Pajero is a particularly bad choice for a product name because it does not just ‘happen to mean something in some language’, but instead the name is in fact intended to be Spanish and was chosen in ignorance of what it really means in this language.

And why are you being so sarcastic and argumentative? It's not much fun talking to someone with an attitude.

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It was RENAMED Montero in those markets.

And you of course have evidence that it was introduced in those markets as the Pajero and then renamed Montero?

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RE: The psychology of automobile names - 11/24/2008 11:49:18 PM

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Yes, actually I do:

http://chameleon-translations.com/Index-Companies-pajero.shtml

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The Mitsubishi Pajero was renamed Montero (‘hunter in the mountains’) in Spain and the Americas, and — strangely — Shogun (‘Japanese warlord’) in the UK; but people in other parts of the world, including Australia and continental Europe, drive about cars which proudly proclaim their driver to be a Pajero in lettering along the side.

That still is not evidence that it was introduced as the Pajero in Spain (nor as you originally asserted, "never sold very well in Spain")...

but rather that it was just marketed as the Montero in those countries (as I originally asserted), and the Pajero in other (non-Spanish speaking) countries.

So...actually you don't.

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RE: The psychology of automobile names - 11/25/2008 12:28:03 AM

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http://www.luxcars.ch/images/1475_maserati_quattroporte_executive_gt.jpg

I'll take one, please.

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RE: The psychology of automobile names - 11/25/2008 4:46:18 AM

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they were thinking: HAHAHAHAHAHA!

then they left hard and ran away.

gimme the gremlin any day!

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RE: The psychology of automobile names - 11/25/2008 4:58:48 AM

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