I realize this discussion may be over at the OP, as soon as I type TOUAREG, but anyway…
It sounds like my cat carking up a hairball. What marketing guru hypnotized the head honchos at VW, the company which owns Rolls-Royce Motorcars no less, into putting THIS vomit sound effect on a vehicle??!!? If he ever wants to quit working, this guy could walk into banks and just mesmerize tellers into putting all the money in the bag without pressing the little button.
I always wondered how those 6-figure salary marketing geniuses ever came up with names like:
-Cadillac “CATERA” (it was a german made Opel Senator).CATERA sounds like Catrahh …which is a head cold!
-Chevrolet “CITATION”-to me, a citation is an order to appear in court!
-Oldsmobile “ALERO”-what’s an alero anyway?
-Toyota “CAMRY” -is a camry something like
a clostomy?
The VW Phaeton. In Greek mythology, Phaeton was the sun god’s son, and foolishly asked Daddy if he could drive the Sun for a day. Of course, he couldn’t control it, and managed to scorch quite a bit of land before being killed by Zeus.
A rash decision, loss of control, and death. What an image for a car.
Skoda Superb?
Toyota Toyopet (I think it was Toyopet, rumour had it Toyota wanted to call it the Toyolet).
TVR Sagaris (just announced) is splitting opinions.
Well, in Spanish, it has to be the Mitsubishu Pajero - which means masturbator. This explains why the car is marketed as the Montero in many areas . . .