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#1
10-23-2003, 03:19 PM
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New Buick Masturbation
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...anada_gm_col_1
Embarrassed GM to Rename Car With Risque Overtones Wed Oct 22,10:46 PM ET MAKUHARI, Japan (Reuters) - General Motors Corp will rename its Buick LaCrosse in Canada because the name for the car is slang for masturbation in Quebec, embarrassed officials with the U.S. automaker said on Thursday. GM officials, who declined to be named, said it had been unaware that LaCrosse was a term for self-gratification among teenagers in French-speaking Quebec. GM officials in Canada are working on a new name for the car, a sedan that will go on sale next year to replace the Buick Regal. The mix-up is reminiscent of another GM vehicle with an unfortunate name. In the 1970s, GM exported its Chevrolet Nova to Mexico and other Spanish-speaking countries, only to be told that Nova translated into "doesn't go". Despite the name, and contrary to popular folklore, the car sold well. .................................................. ........................................... kinda funny coincidence....wonder how many times something like this has happened 
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10-23-2003, 03:25 PM
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good find Adrian
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10-23-2003, 04:39 PM
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Re: New Buick Masturbation
Well, if the car is anything like its name it should be a fun ride
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10-23-2003, 07:31 PM
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First the Nova, and now LaCrosse. GM needs to hire a new r&d team for naming their products.
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10-23-2003, 10:27 PM
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10-24-2003, 10:58 AM
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Re: New Buick Masturbation
Similar thing happened to Toyota with the MR2, which sounds like "shitty" in french. I drive a toyota shitty
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10-24-2003, 08:17 PM
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didn't they do something like that with the Camaro where it meant something else too? i heard something like that happening
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11-05-2003, 01:35 AM
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Re: Re: Re: New Buick Masturbation
CAMARO kinda sounds like this one word in Russian which means ass-rash, or something like that.
'Miata' sounds like 'don't do it' in my language! Kinda wierd
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11-05-2003, 02:05 AM
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Re: Re: Re: New Buick Masturbation
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How about the Mazda SEcret Hideout- an interesting name for a Concept- or the Mazda LaPuta (Spanish for The Whore)
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