> Glenn Ivar Klausen [mailto:[email protected]] wrote: > > Since we're talking about bad car names anyway, I would like bring > this > little flower from Honda to broader audience. When they in 2001 > released > news of the new model, now called Jazz, with the original name Honda > Fitta they didn't do proper research. I Scandinavian terms (Denmark / > Norway in particular) Fitta means slut or cunt, and the slogan was: > > "Honda Fitta - small on the outside, but it feels big once you're in > it" > "Honda Fitta - an everyday pleasure" > > Now, consider the marked for that model... :-D
Ok, that's really hard X-D Another (and actual) example: the Mitsubishi iMiev, which sounds like "Mief" in German. Now try to sell an electric car with no (direct) emission that sounds like fug/frowst. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROEMION GmbH Steve Ulrich IT Development (IT/DEV) Donaustrasse 14 D-36043 Fulda, Germany Phone +49 (0) 661 9490-601 Fax +49 (0) 661 9490-333 http://www.proemion.com/ mailto:[email protected] Geschäftsführer: Dipl. Ing. Robert Michaelides Amtsgericht-Registergericht-Fulda: 5 HRB 1867 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-mail and any attachments may be confidential. If you have received this E-mail and you are not a named addressee, please inform the sender immediately by E-mail and then delete this E-mail from your system. If you are not a named addressee, you may not use, disclose, distribute, copy or print this E-mail. Addressees should scan this E-mail and any attachments for viruses. No representation or warranty is made as to the absence of viruses in this E-mail or any of its attachments. AKTUELLES http://www.rmcan.de/ NEWS http://www.rmcan.com/
