# Illinois auto plant may close **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 23, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illinois-auto-plant-may-close/723276 "2015-06-23T20:19:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![davida03801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illinois-auto-plant-may-close/723276/21 "2015-07-27T16:25:47Z")
Their with the Russians to ? ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illinois-auto-plant-may-close/723276/22 "2015-07-27T16:37:33Z")
I guess, altho Russia is such a mess right now I doubt they’re more than an afterthought. Also, Mitsubishi has a minority stake in a Pugeot/Citroen plant in Russia. Apparently they build the Pajero there. (Fun fact: The Pajero was renamed to “Montero” in North America after someone found out that “pajero” means “I masturbate” in Spanish 😃 :smack: It’s still sold as the Pajero in other parts of the world.) ---
**Author:** ![davida03801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illinois-auto-plant-may-close/723276/23 "2015-07-27T18:39:52Z")
i see. Well send Lawyers, guns and money ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illinois-auto-plant-may-close/723276/24 "2015-07-28T02:53:52Z")
> [@bubba001](#): > > You were in Wixom. The old assembly plant has been gone for a couple of years, it was sold to a scrapper basically for nothing, they demolished the buildings and sold the scrap. I was only there a couple of times myself, but it really hurt the economy in the area, when it shut down. Are you a Ford guy? Wixom is it, and yes, I am a Ford guy. I’ve been in China for the last four years, and so I knew about the sale but didn’t know what was happening with the property. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illinois-auto-plant-may-close/723276/25 "2015-07-28T18:39:21Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > Fun fact: The Pajero was renamed to “Montero” in North America after someone found out that “pajero” means “I masturbate” in Spanish > > It’s still sold as the Pajero in other parts of the world.) It means something like _masturbator_, really. The Montero name was also used in Spain and India, and it’s named “Shogun” for the UK market. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illinois-auto-plant-may-close/723276/26 "2015-07-28T19:35:17Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > It means something like _masturbator_, really. The Montero name was also used in Spain and India, and it’s named “Shogun” for the UK market. Upon further review, it looks like it’s equivalent to the British insult “wanker.” Surprisingly, I can’t think of any American-English version of the insult. I guess Mitsi doesn’t care, as long as there’s aren’t any Spanish-speakers around to laugh at them. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illinois-auto-plant-may-close/723276/27 "2015-07-28T20:58:42Z")
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