Poorly Chosen Domain Name - ROFL
 

A good example of really bad marketing...

PowerGen is a large company in England that sells electricity.

They've formed a division in Italy.

They went for the obvious company name and that's what
they registered the domain under.

http://www.powergenitalia.com

aaaaahahaha

International markets are fun for just this reason.

Years ago Chevy made car and it was called, "Nova", we Americans loved it but in spanish speaking markets it meant, "No Good" or something like that...and they D/C making that car as a result.

But your example tops the market, thats funny :1orglaugh

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Maybe you mean pinto, or maybe there is two, because Ford was wondering why the pinto was doing terrible in mexico, then they found out it mean small male genitalia :1orglaugh

Edit: it was Brazill "Ford sales of its Pinto car was a disaster in Brazil. Pinto was Brazilian slang for "small male genitals". They had to completely rebadge all the cars with a new name "Corcel" which means horse."

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OMG, that is sooooo funny

Actually, I believe that NOVA was translated as "No Go" or "Doesnt Go"... Either way it just proved their international planning didnt extend too far. :)

"no-va" means "dosen't go" in spanish, they re-named it the apollo.

baaaaahahahahaaa!! :thumbsup

that is freaking hilarious. :1orglaugh

you are right with the nova. im not sure when the el camino came out but that was another translation disaster




ps "el camino" means the walk

There is a drug store chain in California called Savon.

Many years ago, they changed their name to Osco Drugs.

Osco, in spanish, means to puke violently.

They changed it back to Savon.

you can't be serious! ROFL!

haha!

Mitsubishi Motors got a Jeep named "Pajero" .
In spanish this means jerk off :)

Haha, that's beautiful!!!!:1orglaugh

Thank god corporate brand naming has improved. :1orglaugh

hA! someone f'ed up...

bump for the night owls! funny shit.

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What a bunch of momos :glugglug

I can't believe nobody's brought up the fact (or is it urban legend?) that the Chinese translation of "Coke adds life" was, roughly, "Bite the wax tadpole".

Edit: Damn, I just spoiled all our fun. Look here if you want to be spoiled...

close... it really means 'WANKER'
so what do you ride? 'a wanker 4x4'

they renamed this one to 'montero'

they should put up some penis pill banners and would make a killing off of it! :1orglaugh

Lmfao. I love how they go from one extreme to the next. :1orglaugh

haha lol

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