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Making a mockery of electric vehicles

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Making a mockery of electric vehicles

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Postby DrFfybes » September 28th, 2021, 9:23 am

The Vauxhall Mokka E.

Yeah, not sure they said that out loud to their focus group.

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Re: Making a mockery of electric vehicles

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Postby pje16 » September 28th, 2021, 9:45 am

The brains of the Vauxhall marketing department
That must have gone through nunerous bods to get the OK :roll:

My own favorite is the
Mazda Laputa
Spanish for prostitute :lol:

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Re: Making a mockery of electric vehicles

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Postby swill453 » September 28th, 2021, 9:54 am

The Mokka's been around for about a decade, you'd think they'd be aware of any connotations.

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Re: Making a mockery of electric vehicles

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Postby airbus330 » September 28th, 2021, 10:27 am

No idea what the current car is like, but the early versions made a mockery of automotive design.

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Re: Making a mockery of electric vehicles

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Postby bungeejumper » September 28th, 2021, 1:56 pm

Anyone for a Hyundai Terracan? A Renault Wind? Or (my favourite) a Mitsubishi Pajero. In Spanish, the word denotes a self-abuser. :lol:

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Re: Making a mockery of electric vehicles

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Postby AF62 » September 30th, 2021, 4:26 pm

Or the old Toyota MR2 in French.

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Re: Making a mockery of electric vehicles

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Postby AleisterCrowley » September 30th, 2021, 4:37 pm

The Mitubishi Starion - which lost a little in translation (or actually pronunciation)

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Re: Making a mockery of electric vehicles

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Postby 88V8 » September 30th, 2021, 5:26 pm

AleisterCrowley wrote:The Mitubishi Starion - which lost a little in translation (or actually pronunciation)

Mitsubishi?.... I was put off by the crash-test results of their Zero.

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Re: Making a mockery of electric vehicles

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Postby CliffEdge » September 30th, 2021, 8:45 pm

Vauxhall Coarser?


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