Comments on: Tax-ing http://www.thegilmours.co.uk/2005/12/27/tax-ing/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:28:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Douglas http://www.thegilmours.co.uk/2005/12/27/tax-ing/#comment-79 Douglas Tue, 10 Jan 2006 15:25:35 +0000 http://www.thegilmours.co.uk/2005/12/27/tax-ing/#comment-79 Well, Nick has since explained to me why the "No-va" (no go) didn't sell well in South America since my spanish failed me at a cursory glance. This story reminds me of another... of the Mitsubishi "Pajero". Originally named the "Shogun" in western countries and failing to sell well elsewhere, they renamed it "Pajero". But again, it didn't sell well in the Middle East. Why? Because "Pajero" mean't wanker in Urdu! Some people might agree that drivers of such huge 4x4s are exactly that...! Well, Nick has since explained to me why the “No-va” (no go) didn’t sell well in South America since my spanish failed me at a cursory glance.

This story reminds me of another… of the Mitsubishi “Pajero”. Originally named the “Shogun” in western countries and failing to sell well elsewhere, they renamed it “Pajero”. But again, it didn’t sell well in the Middle East. Why? Because “Pajero” mean’t wanker in Urdu! Some people might agree that drivers of such huge 4×4s are exactly that…!

]]> By: Nick http://www.thegilmours.co.uk/2005/12/27/tax-ing/#comment-77 Nick Wed, 28 Dec 2005 22:54:23 +0000 http://www.thegilmours.co.uk/2005/12/27/tax-ing/#comment-77 Long live the Chevy Nova. Long live the Chevy Nova.

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