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Old 01-12-2007, 10:30 PM   #1
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http://autos.aol.com/article/general...19112609990001
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Old 01-12-2007, 10:40 PM   #2
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Old 01-12-2007, 11:58 PM   #3
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my vote: Chevrolet Chevy. For the ones that don't live in Latin America, it's an old corsa
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Old 01-13-2007, 01:28 AM   #4
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Was it just me, or did theat article read a little clumsily and was not very convincing as a "study of automotive names"?
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Old 01-13-2007, 02:14 AM   #5
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^^^^ who "studies automotive names"
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Old 01-13-2007, 04:46 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by TNT
^^^^ who "studies automotive names"
That's the point - the article tried to come off like a academic work regarding automotive names - and it really didn't work
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Old 01-13-2007, 05:34 AM   #7
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Park Avenue, B-Class, Fusion (it stillruns on petrol), MR-2 (inFrance), Vaneo, Cedric, PicNic, Starion, Golf.
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Old 01-13-2007, 07:21 AM   #8
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I heard that the Fiat Punto is kinda wrong in Spanish countries, Punto seems to mean the equivalent of dick around there.. Can anyone verify this?
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Old 01-13-2007, 04:07 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by dani_d_mas
The Mitsubishi Pajero - here means "wanker"... and it was changed to Mitsubishi Montero some years ago - but it's now called Pajero again
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