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Re:The Rimac Nevera Just Shattered Pretty Much Every Acceler... by zorrolovsky on Thursday May 18, 2023 @10:01AM (#35988048)
Fun factoid about the Rimac Nevera: it's a crappy name in Spanish (European flavour). Nevera means fridge and it's used in everyday language. It sounds really uninteresting.

Now that we're a bit off topic... let's talk about Mitsubishi Pajero. Also used in everyday language in Spanish and it means 'wanker' (UK) or 'jerkoff' (USA). They had to change the name in some markets because it sounded really funny and/or awful https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Pajero

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Re:The Rimac Nevera Just Shattered Pretty Much Every Acceler... by elteto on Thursday May 18, 2023 @10:04AM (#35988101)
Picture an ice box hurtling down the freeway at 100mph.
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Re:The Rimac Nevera Just Shattered Pretty Much Every Acceler... by BerislavLopac on Thursday May 18, 2023 @12:01PM (#35989923)
"Nevera" means "storm"; specifically a storm on the sea.
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Re:The Rimac Nevera Just Shattered Pretty Much Every Acceler... by elteto on Sunday May 21, 2023 @09:09PM (#36026274)
In Spanish it most definitely does not. The most accurate translation would be ice box, or freezer, if you want to be super pedantic.
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Re:The Rimac Nevera Just Shattered Pretty Much Every Acceler... by BerislavLopac on Thursday May 25, 2023 @05:05PM (#36076222)
But then it's not a Spanish car. ;)
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Re:The Rimac Nevera Just Shattered Pretty Much Every Acceler... by euroderf on Thursday May 18, 2023 @12:02PM (#35989937)
For more stories about products badly named for international markets, heck out "International Business Blunders". It's the only business book that's made me laugh out loud.
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Re:The Rimac Nevera Just Shattered Pretty Much Every Acceler... by comprev on Thursday May 18, 2023 @12:19PM (#35990254)
Kona bicycles had to be rebranded in Portugal due to the translation being offensive/derogatory.
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Re:The Rimac Nevera Just Shattered Pretty Much Every Acceler... by peplee on Thursday May 18, 2023 @01:10PM (#35991049)
Isuzu sold a small truck called the Hombre. I saw one this week here in the US, and thought it was some joke sticker or something. Nope, turns out Isuzu took an S-10 and called it "guy" or "man". The Isuzu man truck.
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