On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Giancarlo Livraghi <[email protected]> wrote: > The Ford Figo story is quite intriguing. Apparently the name was chosen > because "Figo means 'cool' in Italian". Nobody in Detroit or Chennai appears > to be aware of the anatomical-sexual implications (though maybe someone is > in Brazil, where this model is conservatively called Fiesta). > > I wonder how a woman driving a Figo in India, Mexico or South Africa would > feel if she knew the meaning of her car's name. > >
There is also the Mitsubishi Pajero ... which I dont believe they sell with the same name in Spain and Latin america since "Pajero" isnt a pleasant word.
