> > > I wonder how many millions and man hours were wasted coming up with the Ford "Focus"?
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> > Well, it's not as bad as completely ensuring that your care will never sell in any Spanish-speaking country. Yup, it's the Vauxhall Nova. Or, literally translated from Spanish, the Vauxhall Doesn't Go.
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> > Speaking of Ford...the reasoning behind Ford Prefect's name in The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy is this, in case anyone doesn't know: Ford arrived on Earth at a time when Ford had just brought out a new model - the Ford Prefect. The Prefect was hugely popular, so Ford wasn't mad, he was just naming himself after the most proliferent life-form around, based on his minimal research.
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> > Zarn"what a bunch of idiots"iwoop
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> Let us not forget the Ford Maverick which was named for an unbranded cow.
> Howard


Or the Ford Edsel, named for Ford's grandson or something else obscure. The car promptly bombed.