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Beer, idiot and three -layer toilet paper: these car names are really embarrassing
Products need good names – cars even more. There are only numerous cases where it didn’t work well with branding. Some examples.
This text comes from the star archive and first appeared in January 2024.
Would you drive with a “Kothauf”? Or with a car called “Imiev”? Probably not. It is all the more astonishing that international corporations such as Audi, Mitsubishi, Toyota or Lamborghini are still in names for their cars that are laughed at loudly in the very large language regions of the world.
What is wrong with a car called “X 350 D”?
The range of the misconduct of the marketing department ranges from jokes under the belt line to rash and number combinations. Or would you have thought that a car called “X 350 D” could become an internet joke?
So it is not always easy to find an internationally absolutely safe name for a product. But it turns out that one should confront Spanish and French native speakers with your ideas – because here it comes to huge mistakes.
In the gallery you will find some examples where the search for the right name for a car with a fat kick ended in the fat – much to amuse other road users.
Vintage car, but not old -fashioned: these automotive classics never fall out of time
Source: Stern
I’m a recent graduate of the University of Missouri with a degree in journalism. I started working as a news reporter for 24 Hours World about two years ago, and I’ve been writing articles ever since. My main focus is automotive news, but I’ve also written about politics, lifestyle, and entertainment.
