This is a classic marketing gaffe... No va = No Go Don't think many cars could survive this kind of marketing.
----- Original Message ----- From: "pensioner" <al_knoll@PACBELL.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 2:11 PM Subject: Legendary name.
| Urban myth has it that the reason the small Chevrolet sedans and station | wagons did not sell well in Spanish speaking countries was the all in the | name. "Nova" No va. | | The colloquial translation is left as an exercise for the readership. | | pensioner |
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