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20/10/2003 10:41:43
 
 
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19/10/2003 14:52:53
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
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Forum:
Vehicles
Category:
Articles
Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00840126
Message ID:
00840290
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24
Like the Chevy 'Nova.' :0) Who would buy a car in Latin America that 'doesn't go?' ???? :O) or 'no go.' :o) *G*


>I found the story in http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2003/10/18/news/02buick.txt quite interesting: GM finds it has to rename a car, to sell it in Canada.
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>Here in South America, we have a similar situation, with a strange (for us) car name: "Pajero" is used here as "one who masturbates". In contrast with the Canadian case, the car is actually quite popular here.
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