About 6,500 various languages are spoken all over the world. Automobile producers condemn this linguistic variety, due to the fact that they need to develop design names that they can utilize all over. Which definitely does not constantly work, as you can see in this introduction. Here are the 10 unluckiest cars and truck names.
1– Alfa Romeo 164
You can’t fail with a basic number plate, Alfa Romeo believed. The Italian brand name had to alter the name of 164 in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Taiwan. The Chinese pronunciation of 164 seems like ‘the roadway to death’. The Alfa Romeo flagship was provided the number 168.
2– Ascari KZ1
It’s an advantage Ascari KZ1 production has actually never ever dropped. The 500 hp cars is called after Frisian oil millionaire Klaas Zwart, however for Germans it stimulates associations with prisoner-of-war camp ( Konzentrationslager), for which the abbreviation KZ stood.
3– Buick LaCrosse
Lacrosse is had fun with a ball and stick to a web on top. In America it is an elite sport, so the LaCrosse name fits completely with the Buick high-end brand name. Other than in the Canadian province of Quebec, where ‘lacrosse’ suggests lacrosse. They just understand the Buick Allure there.
4– Honda Jazz
Phew! Honda arrived on time. Jazz sales brochures had actually currently been printed, with Fitta’s initial name and the motto little on the outdoors, huge on the within. And after that they discovered in Japan that ‘fitta’ suggests ‘k t’ in Norway and Sweden.
5– Mazda Laputa
If you have a little understanding of the Spanish language, you understand that ‘la puta’ is a female of basic virtue. How does Mazda go about calling its variation of the Suzuki Kei Laputa? Simple. The model was never ever exported beyond Japan, so there was no debate.
6– Mitsubishi Pajero
Bad Spanish once again! Mitsubishi Pajero has another name in Spain and South America: Montero. ‘Pajero’ is amusing. Why the Pajero is called the Shogun in the UK is a little a secret.
7– Hyundai Kona
Hyundai Kona, popular in Holland, is called Kauai in Portugal. Why? Due to the fact that ‘cona’ in Portuguese is a repulsive synonym for a female’s reproductive system. Like Kona, Kauai becomes part of the Hawaiian Islands.
8– Seat Malaga
Innocent, isn’t it, a Chair called after a Spanish seaside resort? Not in Greece. In Ibiza the four-door was used as Seat Gredos. Málaga sounds a lot like ‘malaka’. Which flexible word– suggesting ‘naughty’, ‘bastard’, ‘gabber’– you hear it all over in Greece.
9– Rolls Royce Silver Shadow
The name Rolls-Royce Silver Mist sounds incredible, does not it? Spooky, dreamy, magical, however likewise in German as ‘poo’. Or rather: garden compost. Rolls-Royce quickly discovered out in the 1960 s. The Silver Mist ended up being the Silver Shadow.
10– Toyota MR2
They do not understand Toyota MR2 in France. The Japanese mid-engine cars has actually been removed of the 2 in its name, otherwise the French would pronounce it as ‘MR Deux’. To put it simply, ‘merde’ … Damn it.
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