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Reader Contributions to "10 Most Unfortunate Car Names"
 | 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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