Deceptive Car Names Investigated

Consumer anger, always shifting, has found a new target. The banking
industry and BP are breathing easier as consumer have returned to their
most consistently selected targer over the years, automakers. As a result
of consumer complaints, the US government is investigating allegations of
deceptive car naming practices.

The initial complaint was made by John Magoo. Mr. Magoo claims he was
searching for the best car on the market, and decided that based on its
name, the Nissan Altima (obviously a play on the word "ultimate") must be
the best. He was highly chagrined to learn after purchase the Altima isn't
even the best Nissan, as Nissan sells another model called the Maxima. But
he turned to the government after the dealer dismissively told him "you
must be blind".

Ford dodged charges of deception with the name Mustang, stating that while
it isn't a horse, it has horsepower under the hood, but is in trouble with
the Focus. "No car focuses light" said US Justice Departement spokesman
Justdon T Getit. "They really need to rename it the Ford Diffuse."

Almost all names used by Chrysler have been judged deceptive. But the
government applied the no harm, no foul policy. Chrysler vehicles just sit
on dealers lots. The government has been uable to location anyone who
actually bought one.

Perhaps the most happy of all automakers is Toyota, which has had plenty of
problems with both consumers and the government over the past few years.
Not only did the did the US government give Toyota names a clean bill of
health, they complimented Toyota for its honesty.

Toyota uses seeming concocted and meaningless names such as Camry, Celica,
Corolla, and Prius. But unknown to most, those words have meanings in
other languages. Camry, in Talagog, means "runaway car" and Celica, in
Swahili, means "wadded up floor mat jams accellerator".

 

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Also there are plenty of sea horses in the sea, if that so pursuades -
awhh - this whole thread is a waste of bandwidth. LOL!

Deceptive car names - bah humbug! I think Ford trying to rename all
their cars with F names and Mercury with M was a real joke!

-CC

 

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Seems like this was pretty clearly a deliberate parody, not a real troll.

 

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Happy Motoring in 2011!

DAS

 

On Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:27:16 -0800, ChrisCoaster wrote:

Yeah, what happened to "Model A/B" or "80", "60"(from the engine's HP).

 

Corolla is the name given to the blossom of a flower. Tercel is a small
hawk.

 

Yea, that's fine for engineering types or those who want to feel
special because they know the semi-secret code, like Volvo's old 242,
244, 264, etc, Why, even the world's militaries properly market their
products by giving them names.

What sounds better? F/A 18 or Hornet? In fact, they were doing it 70
years ago.

British Hurricanes and Spitfires, US Wildcats and Thunderbolts.

Well, the Germans didn't name their planes. They used things like
Bf109, Me262, etc. Surely not why they lost, but something Mercedes
and BMW ought to think about.

 

prius - Latin, meaning: before, formerely.

The name "Camry" is an Anglicized
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglicisation> phonetic transcription of
the Japanese word /kanmuri/ (冠, ã‹ã‚“むり), meaning crown

Celica is ultimately derived from the Latin word coelica meaning
"heavenly" or "celestial"



You have to admit, Toyota is very creative when it comes to naming their
cars.

 

Like "Land Cruiser", "Pickup Truck" and "Toyota Van"? I guess the really
creative guys were off sick when they brain stormed those deeply
meaningful monikers....

 

Land Cruiser was an old Studebaker name.

 

Wow. So Toyota grabbed the name from the automotive name junkpile.

 

Yea, apparently the real thoughtful guys were working at Isuzu. They
came up with P'up.

 

My FORMER PT Cruiser had a terrible name! If there was any car that
SHOULD have Cruise Control as standard equipment should be this one.
Mine did not have it!

 

Corona is the ring around the sun during an eclipse, and is also part of
a flower. The name "Camry" is an Anglicized phonetic transcription of the
Japanese word kanmuri (冠, ã‹ã‚“むり), meaning "crown"

They also have the Crown, and, my favorite, the Crown Royal.
Celica is ultimately derived from the Latin word coelica meaning
"heavenly" or "celestial".

Carina is a constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for the
keel of a ship.

At one time all Toyotas in the US had names beginning with "C". Except for
"truck", which was called HiLux elsewhere.

 

Hey! I just said that!

 

Land Cruiser is cool. "Pickup Truck" was HiLux everywhere else, "Toyota
Van" was either LiteAce or HiAce everywhere else.


Don't make me get all Kei on your ass.

 

No, that was "Land Barge"...

 

"They also have the Crown, and, my favorite, the Crown Royal "


the only crown royal i care for comes in a pint bottle......lol

 

My 2003 Sedan, and my wife's 2005 Convertible had cruise control as standard.