Worst car names....

[nel]

Citroen BX Cottage.

Don't know if they sold it in the UK under that name - if so, full marks for plonkerosity.

[r988]

lazyitus said:

r988 said: Mitsubishi Pajero Yeah, doesn't that mean wank*r in Spanish or something?

yep, and Pinto is slang a man who is lacking in the trouser department, and they wondered why it wasn't selling well

[james]

lazyitus said:

r988 said: Mitsubishi Pajero Yeah, doesn't that mean wank*r in Spanish or something?

It certainly does. A Moroccan friend of mine has driven his home (through Spain) on several occasions.

Driving through Spain in a large 4x4 with w@nker written on the back. It makes me every time I think of it.

[whoozit]

Going back a bit, but the Seat Malaga didn't sell well in Greece, where it means w*nker . . . .

[alexkp]

Just thought of anoher - the Citroen 2CV Diane (Dyane?)


Can anyone explain what that meant?

[OutOn]

lazyitus said:

r988 said: Mitsubishi Pajero Yeah, doesn't that mean wank*r in Spanish or something?

Yes, it does... That´s why it´s re-called Montero in Spain.

[vario-rob]

The Daihatsu Applause or as it was fondly known by the local sales staff the Daihatsu Clap

[GOM]

fulham911club said:

Porsche Gayman

[rolyrat]

This must be why some makers use numbering systems, not names. E320 or 205 etc cant mean w*nker in any language.

[C C]

Don’t know about you but I can’t stand driving with a Ford Probe up my arse.

[bosscerbera]

GOM said:

fulham911club said: Porsche Gayman

Hadn't spotted that until now. Think they'll be regretting that name.

The Chinese take the biscuit for car naming. Can't think of any off the top of my head but they are usually along the lines of "Lordship Lovely Day" etc.. They remind me of those Red Indian jokes about young Indians being named after the first thing their parents saw "...that's why you're called Two Dogs F:censoredking, my son." and that ilk.

Apparently a Fiat turbo diesel very nearly got badged TurDS.

[604]

Didnt the Beetle used to be called a 'dome-buggy'?

[Andrew Noakes]

rolyrat said:

This must be why some makers use numbering systems, not names. E320 or 205 etc cant mean w*nker in any language.

Except... Alfa Romeo apparently had to call the 164 a 168 in Taiwan, or somewhere, because 164 sounded like the local word for 'always dies'.

[Geoffrey Boycott]

bump

[idiotgap]

rolyrat said:

This must be why some makers use numbering systems, not names. E320 or 205 etc cant mean w*nker in any language.

Not safe there either, MR2 spells out badly in French.

[Mike335i]

Geoffrey Boycott said:

bump

Why bump this when there is a perfectly good, and current, thread about the same thing? Is this some kind of revive the oldest thread challenge?