We still have Paris (car connoisseur quiz)
Cars did not have the same model names everywhere. We don't want to go back to the old thigh-slappers Pajero, Nova and Vento here, but it's usually linguistic barriers that require a renaming. It doesn't even have to be a swear word. Some things just sound stupid. How would a US-American pronounce "Horch"? Exactly. That's why Audi quickly buried its revival plans.
In addition to the USA, Japan in particular was and is a veritable treasure trove of alternative model names. This applies not only to domestic makes such as Nissan March, Mitsubishi Mirage or Mazda Savanna, which were called Micra, Colt and RX-7 here. European products were also often given a new identity for the Far Eastern market. For example, the Renault Clio became the Renault Lutecia, named after the most extraordinary city in the universe.
We have collected ten models that had different names abroad than in their home market (and once the other way around). The far more frequent cases in which the brand name also changed, such as Talbot Horizon and Dodge Omni, were not included. You may now guess the second names. Would you like to try?
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