The Funniest Car Names Ever

By Miss Cellania in Auto & Transportation on Aug 20, 2008 at 2:16 pm

The Yamaha Pantryboy, the Honda Life Dunk, the Sbarro Assystem …and there’s more! And I thought the Ford Aspire had a funny name -that was only because I was driving an Achieva at the time. Link -via Digg


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  1. bean
    Aug 20th, 2008 at 4:53 pm

    Sbarro’s makes cars? I thought they just made greasy mall pizza.

  2. MJ
    Aug 20th, 2008 at 9:27 pm

    Best car names I’ve seen is ‘Pajero’, which in many south american country is a word for pleasuring yourself, and the ‘Pinto’, which in the same south American countries means someone with a very small penis. :)

  3. Gorf
    Aug 20th, 2008 at 10:45 pm

    @ MJ:
    Yes indeed, in fact the “Pajero” was sold as “Montero” in South America because of that. Also, two other Japanese cars which would give Spanish-speaking people some laughs are the Mazda “Laputa” (literally, “theWhore”), and the Nissan “Moco” (which would mean “Snot” or “Mucus”).

  4. Christophe
    Aug 20th, 2008 at 11:02 pm

    France had the Toyota MR2. It sounded in French like “oh shit” ;)

  5. Polx
    Aug 21st, 2008 at 7:36 am

    Christophe

    Isn’t it just “Shit”?

    Pronounced “Em ar duh”, sounding the word Merde?

    Another odd one was the Nissan Cedric.

    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Nissan_Cedric_30_00 1.JPG

  6. Matt
    Aug 21st, 2008 at 7:54 am

    Let’s not forget the classic Chevy Nova, folks! The automaker couldn’t figure out why sales were so poor in spanish-speaking markets. No-Va translates as doesn’t go

  7. tian
    Aug 21st, 2008 at 10:54 am

    What about Mazda Laputa, spanish for “the whore”?

    http://www.tian.cc/2005/07/mazda-whore.html


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