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Reader Contributions to "10 Most Unfortunate Car Names"
 | Lamborghini Reventon by Ivan Frost on 2/27/2010 Reventon also means "Big Party" in Spanish. | |
 | toyota MR2 by vince on 2/25/2010 MR2 spoken in french sounds like "merde" ( shit ) thanx for your beautiful site greetings from G(...) (Source) | |
 | Seat Ronda by John Beehive on 2/12/2010 Seat Ronda. The word 'ronda' means ugly in Hungarian. Actually, this car is ugly. | |
| Chevy Nova by norm on 1/2/2010 in Spanish it means: It doesn't run. No va. | ||
 | Ford Kuga - in slavic "plague" by Igor Suvajac on 12/31/2009 New mid range SUV in FORD range is called KUGA, and in Croatian (and Bosnian, Serbian) and I presume(...) | |
 | SsangYong Musso by Hiram on 12/28/2009 Musso in Arabic means "suck him". | |
| What about the Porsche 9-11? by Steve Gabon on 12/27/2009 | ||
 | Citroën Xsara Picasso by Picasso on 12/26/2009 Picasso means dick really huge in portuguese... And Xsara sounds exactly like "that cures" also i(...) | |
 | Chana Motors by Raphzor on 12/16/2009 This Indian brand came to Brazil a few years ago. There is only a tiny problem: "Shana" means the wo(...) (Source) | |
| Engrish by Nash on 12/15/2009 Japanese car manufacturers aren't the best at translating the names for their automobiles. Hence the(...) | ||
| Chevy "Nova" by matt on 12/14/2009 In Spanish: Chevy "It Doesn't Go" | ||
 | Citroen Saxo by Onur on 12/8/2009 Saxo means oral sex in Turkish. | |
 | Limousine by ikhsan on 12/7/2009 In some part of Indonesia, Limousine similar with 5 cent in English. it's the cheapest car then | |
 | Rover by Taepodong2 on 12/3/2009 ''Rover'' in Polish means ''Bicycle'' and this often causes funny misunderstandings. | |
 | Hyundai Getz by Mr. Rice on 12/2/2009 Getz means SPERM in hungarian | |
 | Skoda Laura by Jaspreet on 11/29/2009 Skoda launched its high end car in India Skoda Laura and Laura in native Hindi means penis. | |
| Citroen Xsara + Hyundai Getz by Nekem8 on 11/27/2009 Citroen Xsara as pronounced means "Citroen's shit" in Hungarian. Hyundai Getz sounds like "cum". | ||
 | Alfa MiTo (In French : Pathological Liar) by Sébastien on 11/25/2009 Someone lying pathologically is called, commonly, "mytho", which is pronounced exactly like this car(...) | |
 | How can you forget Toyota MR2?! by leorolim on 11/25/2009 MR2 in french reads "em erre deux" as in "emerdeux" which means "shitty" :) (Source) | |
| About Kia Borrego by MC on 11/24/2009 Forgot to add that the verbal form "borregar" is used in aviation for aborted landing. | ||
 | Ford Kuga by boris on 11/18/2009 Kuga in croatian means plague (desease) | |
 | Kia Borrego by CM on 11/14/2009 In Portugal and Spain, "borrego" ("lamb") stands also for dumb, fool. The word you're referring t(...) | |
| BMW Q-3 by Carlos on 11/9/2009 Q-3, or "cutres" as you read it in spanish, mean a thing vulgar, stingy... and I think that a BMW ca(...) | ||
 | ?koda/Skoda by Z on 11/6/2009 The whole company sounds strange in Slovenian. ?koda litteraly means damage. | |
 | Audi R8 e-Tron Concept by BigJ on 11/6/2009 e-Tron sounds in French just like "étron", which means "shit" in english. | |
 | Daihatsu Naked by C on 10/25/2009 It was only sold in Japan, but still... (Source) | |
 | Skoda 'Laura' by dwivedi on 10/25/2009 Laura in hindi means - penis | |
 | Toyota carina by Niksa on 10/15/2009 In croatian "carina" is pronounce as "KARINA", and "karina" is big (no big, better is enormus)dick. (...) | |
 | Kia Besta by Marcus Carvalho on 10/13/2009 It seems Besta comes from "Best A", but in Portuguese besta means "beast" and in Brazil it also mean(...) | |
| 10 Most Unfortunate Car Names by Ahmed on 9/15/2009 I might add that Hyundai "Santa Fee" means in Arabic "it Smells Bad". very unfortunate | ||
| Regarding that Honda... by Just me on 9/8/2009 ...it is known as "Jazz" in Europe, but in Mexico is sold as "Fit". | ||
 | Skoda Laura by VC on 9/1/2009 When Skoda launched a car named 'Laura' in India, it created a bit of a flutter amongst the public. (...) | |
 | Croma.. car or butter by Paul on 8/9/2009 In the Netherlands, Croma was for years a type of butter to cook... Then Fiat brought the Fiat Crom(...) (Source) | |
 | Lamborghini Reventon (In spanish, reventon: puncture in the wheel) by Palaciosport on 8/9/2009 | |
 | mazda furai by rogue filthy punk on 8/9/2009 mazda furai. in romanian you were stealing the mazda. furai = stealing. | |
 | Santa Fe by Soojin Oh on 8/8/2009 In Korean, Santa Fe is pronounced Santa Pae, and pae means 'beat up'in slang. So, it means 'beat up (...) | |
| Ford Pinto by Fabius on 8/1/2009 "Ford Pinto", a popular car in Europe, can be translated as "Ford Penis" in portuguese. | ||
| Chevy Nova DOES go by Mindy on 7/31/2009 Contrary to popular belief, the Chevy Nova actually sold pretty well in Central and South America. (...) (Source) | ||
 | "I coulda been somebody!" by jw on 7/28/2009 Seriously, the Ford "Aspire"? Why the hell would anyone buy a car that constantly reminds them that (...) | |
 | Honda Civic Hatchback- STD model by Sheri Lincoln on 7/22/2009 My first car was a 1991 4 speed Honda Civic Hatchback- STD. My boyfried teased me about the name, bu(...) | |
 | Ford Kuga = In serbian and croatian "plague" by Trascel on 7/19/2009 Ford Kuga is the original name of the car and it is also named Kuga in Bosnia, Serbia aand Croatia.T(...) | |
| Toyota MR2 in France: 'est merdeux' by Beth Cunningham on 2/18/2008 I have another example of an unfortunately named car. When the Toyota MR2 was released in France peo(...) | ||
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