Maybe Nova just flopped in Mexico because it was a lousy car. Perhaps the Mexican buyers in that price range are more discriminating than Americans.
Jerry "last General Motors car I owned was a 1965 Chevy SS" Moos Houston, TX
>
>
>
> On 02/13/2004 10:03 PM, "MohanG@aol.com" <MohanG@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > How about CIOCC, or CHOKE?
> >
> > Still, Gippieme can never approach the absurdity of the Chevrolet Nova,
> > which, when translated to Spanish means: DOESN'T GO. Congratulations to
GM for
> > truth in advertizing.
>
>
> Don't tell that to Pemex (the Mexican oil monopoly), whose bestselling
> gasoline is called .... "Nova".
>
> This is an urban myth:
>
> http://www.snopes.com/
>
> Nova connotes "new" and "star" in Spanish speaking countries, just as it
> does in the United States.
>
>
> > Coors once translated its slogan, "turn it loose" to: "Suffer from
Diarrhea."
> >
> > Puffs tissues had the unfortunate German slang name for whorehouse.
> >
> > Wonder what the jihadis have against us? Jolly Green Giant was
translated
> > into Arabic as "Intimidating Green Ogre."
> >
> > Coca Cola flopped in China with its translated name came out as
something
> > like "Bite the Wax Tadpole." (I've also heard Coke Adds Life was
translated a
> > bot
> > too literally as "Coke brings your ancestors back from the dead." )
>
>
> Urban myth: http://www.snopes.com/
> Urban myth: http://www.snopes.com/
>
>
> > When Frank Perdue tried to explain to Spanish speakers that "It takes a
tough
> > man to make a tender chicken," he told them: "It takes a sexually
stimulated
> > man to make a chicken affectionate." True, but not the right message, at
least
> > not for this particular product.
> >
> > Bacardi once introduced a product called Pavian in France. Just across
the
> > border, in Germany, folks looked on in puzzlement at why a beverage
would be
> > called "babboon."
> >
> > Lastly, Gerber always wondered why it was so hard to sell its baby food,
with
> > the cute picture of the baby face on the label. Turns out in Africa,
most
> > labels have pictures of the INGREDIENTS of the jar. No jokes on
cannibalism,
> > please ....
>
> Yet again: http://www.snopes.com/
>
> While I can't speak for all of the above examples, there are enough
definite
> urban legends to cast doubt on most of them ...
>
> Steven L. Sheffield
> Bursting bubbles in Midvale, Utah
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