> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 08:55:57 -0500 > To: bruce...@operamail.com; ev@lists.evdl.org > Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: GM Admits Bolt EV Confusion, ? A r:200mi > compliance-EV-gen2 ? > From: ev@lists.evdl.org > > The Bolt/Volt confusion is just another example of refusing to learn from > past mistakes. What happens when you call your new model a Nova in Spanish > speaking countries? You're telling your customers your car "won't go." >
Haha, yes, its hard to chose new names that will be OK everywhere.. Or , for example Honda Pussy here in Europe, ..wow..what an epic fail! (yes..exactly that, ..the female part) This marketing did NOT end so well for Honda.., it is still a lot of jokes about this car on the net :-) So maybe it actually WAS a god marketing? :-) At great expenses they later had to change it to "Honda Fit", not as in the original commercials where it was "Honda Fitta" , ( FITTA = PUSSY) I think they even had to change the name completely in some markets, like here in EU, as people had just endless jokes about it, the new small imported Asian "Fitta" that was on sale. "Would you pay that much for a used Fitta?" , .."Hmm, This Fitta looks small on the outside, but surprisingly large wen you get inside it..", , and just endless about periods and need for good lubrication, .."bring your friends to try your FITTA", This FITTA has room for All the Family, everyone can use it.. ..and so on and on , So they later had to change it to Honda Jizz instead.. hrm, JAZZ! :-P Here is some more Swedish and international funny Fails!, http://www.amelia.se/artiklar/lost-in-translation-8-olyckliga-produktnamn-och-reklammissar-som-aldrig-borde-ha-gatt-igenom/ So even IKEA and others DO mistakes, and they do it over and over again, even when they actually know the en/de/se/es languages very well.. (maybe that page dont translate so well with google.. But you will for sure be able to spot some of the big marketing mistakes, even if this page are written in Swedish.) Or the Swedish large producer of sweet&crackers that made a 2-pack.. http://gfx2.aftonbladet-cdn.se/image/14410726/485/normal/2356d0fd46ccf/BALLERINA-1.jpg The outside wrap masks out the original print on the tubes of the popular chocolate crackers "Ballerina", Just a small problem here with that product wrapp, as "Balle" = your "Dick".. So all the new 2 pack of Ballerinas in the stores did now say "dick, ..a smooth and creamy dick!" , well.. FAIL! :-) Im sure there is a lot of more examples / John -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150228/8a1f97a7/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
