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Scott's avatar

Chevy Nova has to be #1. Naming your car “no go” in the language of the country you want to sell it in was a classic blunder.

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Daniel Ray's avatar

Edsel, Gremlin, Escort, Volare, Fit, Cube, Leaf, Pacer, 500, Ion, Vue, Thing, Rogue, and of course the “Cordoba” with the famous “rich, Corinthian leather.”

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Pamela Cass's avatar

Hey. I owned a Citation. The front door locks would freeze open so you had to undo the seat belts, relocked them around the interior door handles, drive REALLY, REALLY slow and pray.

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Robert Cripps's avatar

Toyoto had to drop the 2 from the name of the MR2 "sports" car in France. If you pronounce MR2 in a French accent, (e)m-aire-de, It actually means shit in French. Merde.

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Southern Gentleman's avatar

I worked with a guy once who had an Aspire, we used to kid him the name meant he aspired to own a real car 🚗

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Keli keyes's avatar

Previa. They didn't have nurses in their focus group because it made me think of placenta previa right away. Not a good thing.

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Russell Barber's avatar

The Ford Probe was made in the same factory as the Mazda MX-6. But one was ugly and the other beautiful. Obviously, I had the latter, 1993, drove it for 14 years. The automatic sucked, but my 5-speed manual was fun to drive, the 4 cylinder had enough power and handled great, and the seats were comfortable for long drives and held you in place on winding roads. The mpg was very good. Never even considered a Probe, name notwithstanding.

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Mr. Ala's avatar

The Dictator—then referring to Mussolini, who was enjoying a cultural moment—retires the bad-car-name award.

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Tom Calabretta's avatar

The Parisisienne was built for Canada. It was a Chevy Impala with a Pontiac front end. I agree that this was a flop.

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rc4797's avatar

Teslur

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