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Post by Warwick on Oct 31, 2019 14:18:01 GMT
...... a '96 Nissan Crew Galue.... Paul. NZ. This got me thinking, Paul. The earliest strange choices of names for a Japanese car, that I remember, were the ... Nissan Cedric Suzuki Mighty Boy Mazda Bongo Van ..... and more recently Subaru Legacy Touring Bruce Toyota Alphard Executive Lounge (Ugly isn't a strong enough word) Toyota Vellfire Executive Lounge Please add to the list. |
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Post by Eric R on Oct 31, 2019 16:51:18 GMT
the first Japanese car I can remember here was a Toyota Corona or was it Corolla? About 1978 or so.
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Post by tonys on Oct 31, 2019 17:08:33 GMT
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Post by westoz on Nov 2, 2019 19:15:46 GMT
Saw a car called a Raum a few days ago. Can just imagine the conversation,"What do you want to call this boring pile of junk?"
"Dunno"
"What noise does it make?"
"Raum,raum,raum"
"That'll do..."
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Post by eightofthem (Andy) on Nov 2, 2019 19:50:06 GMT
We had a Mazda 7 seat people carrier, they pushed the boat out when they thought of a suitable name for it........
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. The Mazda MPV.
In all fairness it was a great car and had it not dissolved we would still have it.
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Post by nz on Nov 13, 2019 18:45:26 GMT
Ouch. Not only do I own a Nissan Cedric, a Nissan Laurel, and a Nissan Galue, but I also own a Toyota Raum. Now granted the Raum may be an unusual looking machine, but it's eminently practical, very well built, and has a massive amount of room for a vehicle 8" shorter than a Corolla. It also has a massive rear hatch that will take 8 wheels and tires, and 2 auto transmissions. I've imported 6, and 5 went like hot cakes, the new owners reporting zero (!) problems. Keeping the last. (Raum in German means Room, or Chamber, hence the name.) How a car may look doesn't bother me, as I also own a 1962 Dodge Dart, and THAT is an acquired taste.
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Post by Warwick on Dec 6, 2019 11:40:00 GMT
Almost forgot, but saw one today. They're not uncommon.
Mitsubishi Delica Space Gear.
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Post by Colin McA on Dec 9, 2019 23:03:01 GMT
What about the good old Mid-ship runabout 2 MR2.
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Post by Mike’S-a-loon on Dec 10, 2019 4:11:21 GMT
Mitsubishi Pajero.
Apparently “Pajero” is a pejorative in some languages.
Let’s just say it refers to a blokes’ “personal time”...
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Post by Mike’S-a-loon on Dec 10, 2019 4:14:46 GMT
Legendarily, the Mitsubishi Starion (built to compete with the Ford Mustang, and with a horse as it’s mascot), was a misunderstanding by a marketing exec of a Japanese chaps pronunciation of “Stallion”.
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Post by Mike’S-a-loon on Dec 10, 2019 4:20:02 GMT
Are we, faithful Roverites, really able to criticise, though?
3.5 Litre, 3500, Three Thousand Five?
A Coupē with four doors, at a time when a Coupē was generally accepted as being a two door?
Confusion still reigns amongst the uninitiated. Poor B****rs.
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Post by tonys on Dec 10, 2019 15:25:21 GMT
Not to forget Rover 3 1/2 litre, which it was for a while, IIRC.
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