Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/12/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 22/12/01 5:10 am, Peter Choy at pmcchoy@earthlink.net wrote: > >> How about "Toyota"!? >> >> "NOBODY'S going to buy a car whose name starts with "TOY."" >> >> This is something i told everybody with assurance about 30 years ago. > > > Remember the Chevy Nova? It wasn't a big seller in Latin America. > Maybe "no va" wasn't such a great name for a car in Spanish speaking > markets. > > Peter. Hmmm...... I learned to drive in a Vauxhall Nova. It was definitely a 'no go' car. In the UK General Motors cars are sold under the Vauxhall brand. I understand that the Nova has been renamed Corsa. Joseph - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html