Dorkiest car names

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Offline priderocks

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Dorkiest car names
« on: April 20, 2010 - 03:27:43 PM »
What is the dumbest car name you have ever seen?

My vote: Brabus. Is this some kind of womens lingerie thing?




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Re: Dorkiest car names
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2010 - 04:30:23 PM »
Camry............WTF is a Caaaaaamry???   How about the best names?..... 1-vote  300
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Re: Dorkiest car names
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2010 - 04:43:15 PM »
Back in the 70's, Chevrolet couldn't figure out why Nova's weren't selling in Mexico.
No Va means No Go in Spanish. 

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Fiero...what's a Fiero?
Gremlin
Sonata...is that what you get when you catch a cold?

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Re: Dorkiest car names
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2010 - 05:21:42 PM »
How about Murano...

Is that Spanish for moron?
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Re: Dorkiest car names
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2010 - 06:05:46 PM »
Czech auto "SKODA" means "let's go to the ... (whatever)."
PETER: Bob, skoda mo. (Bobby, let's go to the mall.)
- Dutch may have some inputs as to the quality of a Skoda  :stirpot:

Korean auto "KIA" = Killed In Action

Camaro =French variation of informal speech (slang) for "friend", "chum" (I feel the luv)


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Re: Dorkiest car names
« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2010 - 06:11:16 PM »
How about Murano...

Is that Spanish for moron?

Murano is a famous high quality glass type art from Italy.
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Re: Dorkiest car names
« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2010 - 06:14:31 PM »
How about Murano...

Is that Spanish for moron?

I agree. DUMB name for a butt ugly vehicle.  :grinyes:
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Re: Dorkiest car names
« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2010 - 06:14:47 PM »
Murano is a famous high quality glass type art from Italy.

Oh don't tell me that, when I hear things that apply to art or taste and I don't know about them then I feel like a grease monkey  ;D
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Re: Dorkiest car names
« Reply #8 on: April 20, 2010 - 06:17:16 PM »
Czech auto "SKODA" means "let's go to the ... (whatever)."
PETER: Bob, skoda mo. (Bobby, let's go to the mall.)
- Dutch may have some inputs as to the quality of a Skoda  :stirpot:

Korean auto "KIA" = Killed In Action

Camaro =French variation of informal speech (slang) for "friend", "chum" (I feel the luv)



here you go.... says it all I think.   I remember my grandfather buying one new... he pulled out the hammer to start it within 1 month and it was gone in 2.
new skodas are actually volkswagens.  pretty good too.


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Re: Dorkiest car names
« Reply #9 on: April 20, 2010 - 06:21:23 PM »
so how about Ssangyong.....  :screwy:
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Re: Dorkiest car names
« Reply #10 on: April 20, 2010 - 06:24:41 PM »
Bart-
Any experience with the East German Tribant?

After the wall came down, I visited a cousin in East Berlin.  He had a Trebbie.  What a car.

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Re: Dorkiest car names
« Reply #11 on: April 20, 2010 - 07:12:29 PM »
Bart-
Any experience with the East German Tribant?

After the wall came down, I visited a cousin in East Berlin.  He had a Trebbie.  What a car.

Ron

I saw one in Budapest...Trabant

This one is a Wartburg I saw there too.



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Re: Dorkiest car names
« Reply #12 on: April 20, 2010 - 07:14:08 PM »
Hugo.


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Re: Dorkiest car names
« Reply #13 on: April 20, 2010 - 09:08:30 PM »
I hate to pick on Ma Mopar but what the heck is a Signet
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Re: Dorkiest car names
« Reply #14 on: April 20, 2010 - 09:12:24 PM »

   
I hate to pick on Ma Mopar but what the heck is a Signet

      Think the Kings Seal


Main Entry: 1sig·net
Pronunciation: \ˈsig-nət\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English small seal, signet ring, from Anglo-French, diminutive of signe sign, seal
Date: 14th century

1 : a seal used officially to give personal authority to a document in lieu of signature
2 : the impression made by or as if by a signet
3 : a small intaglio seal (as in a finger ring)
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