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Making a mockery of electric vehicles
Posted: September 28th, 2021, 9:23 am
by DrFfybes
The Vauxhall Mokka E.
Yeah, not sure they said that out loud to their focus group.
Re: Making a mockery of electric vehicles
Posted: September 28th, 2021, 9:45 am
by pje16
The brains of the Vauxhall marketing department
That must have gone through nunerous bods to get the OK
My own favorite is the
Mazda Laputa
Spanish for prostitute
Re: Making a mockery of electric vehicles
Posted: September 28th, 2021, 9:54 am
by swill453
The Mokka's been around for about a decade, you'd think they'd be aware of any connotations.
Scott.
Re: Making a mockery of electric vehicles
Posted: September 28th, 2021, 10:27 am
by airbus330
No idea what the current car is like, but the early versions made a mockery of automotive design.
Re: Making a mockery of electric vehicles
Posted: September 28th, 2021, 1:56 pm
by bungeejumper
Anyone for a Hyundai Terracan? A Renault Wind? Or (my favourite) a Mitsubishi Pajero. In Spanish, the word denotes a self-abuser.
BJ
Re: Making a mockery of electric vehicles
Posted: September 30th, 2021, 4:26 pm
by AF62
Or the old Toyota MR2 in French.
Re: Making a mockery of electric vehicles
Posted: September 30th, 2021, 4:37 pm
by AleisterCrowley
The Mitubishi Starion - which lost a little in translation (or actually pronunciation)
Re: Making a mockery of electric vehicles
Posted: September 30th, 2021, 5:26 pm
by 88V8
AleisterCrowley wrote:The Mitubishi Starion - which lost a little in translation (or actually pronunciation)
Mitsubishi?.... I was put off by the crash-test results of their Zero.
V8
Re: Making a mockery of electric vehicles
Posted: September 30th, 2021, 8:45 pm
by CliffEdge
Vauxhall Coarser?