Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 03:30:08 GMT From: dr0ne <dr0nenopsamail.com> Subject: Re: Mercedes smokes BWM/Saab/Volvo with better model names
Yeah, and we have the Ford Pinto where pinto means "dick" (penis, cock whatever) in portuguese. So what do we have when a Ford Pinto rear ends a Honda Fitta? Jan Johansson wrote: > > >With *feel good* names, Mercedes will bury the other European > >makers. "Mercedes Windsor" is regally inspiring. "318i", and > >other designations used by BMW, Saab, and Volvo, are about as > >inspiring as the secret manufacturing date code on a package of > >condoms. > > Ah, yes, do not forget the "Honda Fitta"... Now, fitta means "cunt" in > swedish, great choise to market that here.