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The Ford "Probe" didn't sell all too well in Germany, because "Probe" means "trial" in German (and also "sample").

• rebuilder 7y ago
  Also, unfortunate associations with little green men and the probes they purportedly... well, you know.
• avian 7y ago
  Ford especially seems unfortunate with their model names. Another example is Ford "Kuga". The word literally means "Plague" in many Slavic languages.