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Date:         Sat, 19 Jun 2010 20:52:03 -0500
Reply-To:     Alan Felder <dieseldoofus@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Alan Felder <dieseldoofus@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: NVC vehicle model names? WT_ were they thinking?
In-Reply-To:  <541263.13760.qm@web180310.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
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Warning! NVC !

Many years ago, when my car (maybe a vanagon?) at the time was in the shop, I had to rent a car. The closest and most convenient place to me was a place called "Rent-A-Wreck", which rented older cars. The only car they had available at the time for me was a white Matador. I drove off to work and several hours later got a frantic call from them saying "we have to get that car back, we see in the records that the brakes don't work on it" ! I kept it until after work when I returned it.

That car was aptly named, "Murderer". Truly a death trap and possibly the ugliest car ever produced.

On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Evan Mac Donald <evanm@att.net> wrote:

> Ah, no, the worst would be worse than that. AMC, long ago and far away, had > a model called the "Matador". They could not figure out why the car did not > sell in Spanish-speaking territories. Until someone who actually SPOKE > Spanish clued them in that "Matador" meant "murderer"... > > -- > Alan Felder > Austin TX > 82 Diesel Westy >


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