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
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
@ 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").
http://www.tian.cc/2005/07/mazda-whore.html
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_001.JPG
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").