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That's a lucky escape. For some reason car manufacturers have this issue Mitsubishi Pajero (renamed in Spain). Ford Pinto (renamed in Brazil). Toyota MR2 (r
by rustyhancock 5mo ago
That's a lucky escape.
For some reason car manufacturers have this issue
Mitsubishi Pajero (renamed in Spain).
Ford Pinto (renamed in Brazil).
Toyota MR2 (renamed in France although slightly different issue).
Honda Fitta (renamed in Scandi countries)
- yomismoaqui 5mo agoThat's where LLMs with web search enabled help to check for dangerous project names in other languages.
- latexr 5mo agoYou don’t need LLMs for this (or most things suggested in HN comments). http://wordsafety.com/ http://wordsafety.com/ has existed for years.
- sdeframond 5mo agoThey don't have "etron" thought, which might explain some poor naming by Audi ?
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- roscas 5mo agoHyundai Kona (renamed in Portugal to Kauai)
- mejutoco 5mo agoI would like to add Nissan Moco (snot/mucus in Spanish) to that list.
- pezezin 5mo agoBut the Moco is only sold in Japan, and in Japanese it means "fluffy", a funny name for a car but not a huge deal. I still laugh every time I see one though, which is almost every day...