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Reminds me of the Starion. It's a shame we're unlikely to get to the truth. The legend has it that the Japanese team wanted it to be the Stallion, but communic

Reminds me of the Starion. It's a shame we're unlikely to get to the truth. The legend has it that the Japanese team wanted it to be the Stallion, but communications to the American Marketing department were less than ideal. http://uniquecarsandparts.com/images/car_info/large/mitsubishi_starion_turbo.jpg http://uniquecarsandparts.com/images/car_info/large/mitsubis... Snopes remains undecided : http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/starion.asp http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/starion.asp

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From that snopes article: "the “claim that the name is an amalgam of star and Orion is daft, but then this is a company that called one of its economy cars the Lettuce.”" I had to google that, and got http://uk.complex.com/sports/2012/07/the-25-most-ridiculous-car-names-of-all-time http://uk.complex.com/sports/2012/07/the-25-most-ridiculous-.... If that's a joke, it is taking it too far, so it just be true. => Apparently, the 'Lettuce' was a car, and they also sold the "Mitsubishi Mini Active Urban Sandal". Most cars there are Asian, so I guess this is a sign of a cultural chasm between 'the west' and 'the east'.