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Naturally Selected posted:Also, I hate the name Corolla. It just sounds annoying for some reason in english, and in Russian it's way too close to the word for cow (korova).
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Naturally Selected posted:LaCrosse. Envision. Trax. The Passat also sounds like Russian for "to take a piss"
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Soarer posted:The Passat also sounds like Russian for "to take a piss" For some reason I never gave that much thought. On point though. Corolla/Korova are just so close. (Also they're both slow, clumsy and ugly  )Also I actually googled the corolla thing and man I wish there were a lot more explanations than there are. Example: quote:Yaris? According to the company, it's "an amalgamation of words from Greek mythology and German. In Greek mythology, 'Charis' was a symbol of beauty and elegance. Toyota swapped the 'Ch' with 'Ya' – German for 'yes' – to symbolize the perceived reaction of European markets to the car's styling."
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They misspelt 'ja'. Toyota Jarvis.
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I always thought it was a bastardization of "yari" - some sort of Japanese spear. The actual explanation is...less interesting.
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my girlfriend is Legos posted:They misspelt 'ja'. Toyota Jarvis.
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Bentayga. Enclave.
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Finger Prince posted:Bentayga. 'a bent gay' *childish giggling*
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 Ssangyong Rexton - pronounced 'rectum'.
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BMW X1 sDrive 118d EfficientDynamics Edition
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InitialDave posted:Do you mean "Granada", or is there a Grenada which I've never heard of? Well there are two of them, but both are "Granada":  vs .jpg) Scorpios... was an improvement, I think.
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stevobob posted:Crosstrek The Vehicross owns tho
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:The Vehicross owns tho Agreed, but I think you could get me to say that about literally any tiny SUV boy from before 2000.
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Humbug posted:BMW X1 sDrive 118d EfficientDynamics Edition Und now in German!
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The Porsche Macan and Cayenne is the Porsche you buy when you want to say you have a Porsche without having to shell out for a 718, Cayman, Panamera, or 911 
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I gave it a chance to grow on me but it never did, so ON NAME ALONE unfortunately I must submit the Ferrari LaFerrari (Stolen from a Games thread title) "We let the intern name the car" Counterpoint, names that own: THE GRAND MARQUIS
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iospace posted:The Porsche Macan and Cayenne is the Porsche you buy when you want to say you have a Porsche without having to shell out for a 718, Cayman, Panamera, or 911 Yeah, that's the most ridiculous poo poo I've heard. The Cayenne bases for more than the Cayman and 718. The Macan or Cayenne is the Porsche you buy when you've already got a 911 in the garage and want a Porsche SUV. Real talk. BlackMK4 fucked around with this message at 01:45 on Oct 19, 2016 |
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BlackMK4 posted:Yeah, that's the most ridiculous poo poo I've heard. The Cayenne bases for more than the Cayman and 718. I see Cayennes/Macans practically daily. Any of Porsche's non-SUVs? Rare.
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That's the general trend these days though. You see loads more X5s than you do 5 series.
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Every discount doctor I've seen drives a 5-10 year old Cayenne. I see them everywhere in Scottsdale. I don't ever see a 911 or Cayman unless it's like a trauma doctor who also owns an M6.
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iospace posted:I see Cayennes/Macans practically daily. Any of Porsche's non-SUVs? Rare. That's because most 911 owners don't DD them. Metal Geir Skogul posted:Every discount doctor I've seen drives a 5-10 year old Cayenne. I see them everywhere in Scottsdale. I don't ever see a 911 or Cayman unless it's like a trauma doctor who also owns an M6. My doctor drives an armored up LX470 
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We're doing trim packages too? How about the Jeep Comanche Eliminator? Mine is even white. Yes, a white Comanche Eliminator. I think whoever came up with that was probably a KKK member or something.
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Used cayennes are relatively cheap and cool
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InitialDave posted:Do you mean "Granada", or is there a Grenada which I've never heard of? I'd pay good money for a Lincoln Hustler
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Buick Skyhawk (is there any other kind of hawk?) Pontiac Parisienne Plymouth Volare Pontiac 6000
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BOOTY-ADE posted:I'd pay good money for a Lincoln Hustler Plymouth Playboy
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BRAT, Mighty Boy, Jimnykastein posted:We're doing trim packages too? How about the Jeep Comanche Eliminator? If your truck isn't named something like General Custer or Andrew Jackson, I will lose all respect for you. And punch you
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The Door Frame posted:BRAT, Mighty Boy, Jimny Sorry, these are all fantastic names. 'Starion' is a bad one.
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There are no bad names only bad cars
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Toyota Emina Toyota Curren Toyota Corolla Levin If you've been to Levin you'll know why. I don't mean to pick on Toyota but those are what came to mind
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Breakfast Feud posted:Cinquecento slothrop posted:Toyota Corolla Levin
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Mitsubishi Starion A name that is literally 'flied lice'
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spog posted:Mitsubishi Starion As much as I would love to believe that story*, I'm like 99% sure at this point in time that it's apocryphal. *the story goes, for those that don't know it, that the Mitsubishi Starion was supposed to be called the Stallion, but because there's no L sound in the Japanese language and they often pronounce that letter as an R sound, they called it the Starion instead. The Mitsubishi Colt and little known Kuda (Indonesian for horse) give a little bit of credence to the theory that they were going for a horse naming theme, and the Pajero (Spanish for masturbator or something like that) shows that maybe they aren't all there when it comes to naming their vehicles for foreign markets, but I'm still fairly skeptical. The company claims that the name comes from the words Star (Astron/Sirius engines) and Arion (mythological very fast horse) and I'm inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt. Also, Starions are cool cars, you can cram a fuckton of boost into them with stock internals because they came with forged pistons and 7.6:1 compression from the factory.
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