# Won't by Novas in Latin America

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wont-by-novas-in-latin-america/174015>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [May 9, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wont-by-novas-in-latin-america/174015 "2003-05-09T01:10:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Den13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Den13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Den13)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wont-by-novas-in-latin-america/174015/1 "2003-05-09T01:10:38Z")

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GM had trouble marketing the Nova in Spanish speaking countries because “no va” in Spanish is translated as “doesn’t go”!

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**Author:** ![Den13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Den13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Den13)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wont-by-novas-in-latin-america/174015/2 "2003-05-09T01:12:37Z")

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:smack: :smack: :smack:

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**Author:** ![magog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@magog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magog)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wont-by-novas-in-latin-america/174015/3 "2003-05-09T01:16:16Z")

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Playing mod…it’s customary to include a link to Cecil’s column. But I’m not a mod so I don’t have to do it.

And this site talks about that being an urban legend.

[http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.htm](http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.htm)

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wont-by-novas-in-latin-america/174015/4 "2003-05-11T14:15:53Z")

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