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Offline tenpenny

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Audi's E-Tron, Crappy Name
« on: September 16, 2010, 05:34:56 am »
Someone didn't do enough research!

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...Audi looks set to make the same mistake with their upcoming range of electric vehicles, branded as e-Tron. It turns out in French, the word etron is synonymous with merde in the same way that “crap” is to “s**t”.
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Re: Audi's E-Tron, Crappy Name
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2010, 06:55:14 am »
They're in :censor: if they keep that name..
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Re: Audi's E-Tron, Crappy Name
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2010, 05:41:58 pm »
Anyone speak French? Is this actually true?

Remember the urban legend that the Chevy Nova flopped in Mexico because "No va" is Spanish for "No go"? Completely untrue... but people believed it.
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Re: Audi's E-Tron, Crappy Name
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2010, 05:50:44 pm »
Quote from: Demosthenes X on September 16, 2010, 05:41:58 pm
Anyone speak French? Is this actually true?

Remember the urban legend that the Chevy Nova flopped in Mexico because "No va" is Spanish for "No go"? Completely untrue... but people believed it.

Well No Va is Spanish for No Go...but the Chevy flopped because it was another POS GM, and not because of the name.... ;D

And yes, etron is crap.....more of a Euro word though I would guess.  Have never heard it used here...
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Re: Audi's E-Tron, Crappy Name
« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2010, 05:53:01 pm »
Sounds OK to me.

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Re: Audi's E-Tron, Crappy Name
« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2010, 06:19:52 pm »
Quote from: Demosthenes X on September 16, 2010, 05:41:58 pm
Anyone speak French? Is this actually true?


I'm french speaking and that is true. An "étron" in french is crap. It's pronounced more like "Hey Tron" but I'm sure some people here would make fun of it.
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Re: Audi's E-Tron, Crappy Name
« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2010, 07:12:08 pm »
They could do a Jetta / Bora name thing for different audiences.

You could say étron when the batteries run out or blown another light bulb.  ;D
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Re: Audi's E-Tron, Crappy Name
« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2010, 08:08:57 pm »
Quote from: Demosthenes X on September 16, 2010, 05:41:58 pm
Anyone speak French? Is this actually true?

Remember the urban legend that the Chevy Nova flopped in Mexico because "No va" is Spanish for "No go"? Completely untrue... but people believed it.

I think that an "étron" refers more to the general "shape" of the matter than the actual "stuff" it's made of.  For example, a "bouse de vache" will never pass as an étron because it's not shaped like one and vice-versa... ;D
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Re: Audi's E-Tron, Crappy Name
« Reply #8 on: September 16, 2010, 09:01:34 pm »
The word "étron" is often used in Québec as an insult.  It's basically a very fresh swirly load of cr*p.  :-X



Quote from: tenpenny on September 16, 2010, 05:34:56 am
Someone didn't do enough research!

They just had to type ETRON in Google Images (NSFW).  They would have seen a bunch of Audis and ... other stuff.  ;D   
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Re: Audi's E-Tron, Crappy Name
« Reply #9 on: September 16, 2010, 10:27:39 pm »
Quote from: rrocket on September 16, 2010, 05:50:44 pm
the Chevy flopped because it was another POS GM, and not because of the name.... ;D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Chevy_II_/_Nova
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Nova shared the Corolla's AE82 platform, 1.6 L (98 cu in) 4-cylinder engines and was available with 5-speed manual, 3-speed or 4-speed automatic transmissions.

But you knew that.
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Re: Audi's E-Tron, Crappy Name
« Reply #10 on: September 17, 2010, 08:27:45 am »
Quote from: rrocket on September 16, 2010, 05:50:44 pm

Well No Va is Spanish for No Go...but the Chevy flopped because it was another POS GM, and not because of the name.... ;D

I think the floppy Nova was the rebadged Toyota Corolla, slowest car Road&Track tested that year.
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Re: Audi's E-Tron, Crappy Name
« Reply #11 on: September 20, 2010, 01:59:07 pm »
I don't really know for sure but I read somewhere on the Net - it could've been here - that 'LaCrosse' means 'teenage masturbator' in Quebec. :rofl2: If so, that's the crappy name of all time.  ;D :rofl:

Too bad Buick didn't call it the 'Wanker' in the ROC. Would've been perfect in redneck country.
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Re: Audi's E-Tron, Crappy Name
« Reply #12 on: September 20, 2010, 02:27:31 pm »
Quote from: Schmengie on September 20, 2010, 01:59:07 pm
I don't really know for sure but I read somewhere on the Net - it could've been here - that 'LaCrosse' means 'teenage masturbator' in Quebec. :rofl2: If so, that's the crappy name of all time.  ;D :rofl:

Too bad Buick didn't call it the 'Wanker' in the ROC. Would've been perfect in redneck country.

Yup, that is why the first gen here in Canada was the 'Allure'.  But this time around GM said F' it! We are going with Lacrosse
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Re: Audi's E-Tron, Crappy Name
« Reply #13 on: September 20, 2010, 02:37:15 pm »
Other Classics

http://everything2.com/title/Strange+car+names

The Honda Fitta. The Fitta was released in Scandinavian countries by Honda, who were apparently unaware of its colloquial meaning in the area's native languages -- "fitta" is slang (in Swedish, Finnish, Danish, and Norwegian) for female genetalia. It was renamed Jazz after Honda caught on. from toalight

The Mitsubishi Pajero. "Pajero" is apparently Mexican Spanish slang for "wanker." from vuo

The Chevrolet El Camino. "El Camino" is Spanish for "The Walk." I suspect that Chevrolet chose this name because it sounded cool in 1959 (the year the first El Camino was manufactured), although they don't appear to have researched the phrase until it was too late. Who'd drive a car called "The Walk?"

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