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Old 12-14-2007, 11:37 AM
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Ferdinand? That's german? Thought it was Spanish. Si or no?

Got to be one of the dumbest threads and I just put in my .02
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Old 12-14-2007, 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by melman911

Got to be one of the dumbest threads and I just put in my .02
That's the best response in the dumbest thread...maybe we'll have to keep this one going for 20+ pages...
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Originally Posted by cabrio993
Porsche is not the only one that uses spanish names for its model line up. I guess it sounds more exotic in Spanish. Here are some Lambo ones.

Lamborghini...
Diablo = Devil
Murcielago = Bat
Gallardo = Gracefull
Reventon = Big Burst
Bravo = Brave
Espada = Sword
Miura = A fighting Bull breed

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I thought that Lamborghini named their models after various famous fighting bulls. I read somewhere that Reventon was a ferocious bull that mauled and killed a matador. The original Lamborghini icon of the Bull stems from the Mr. Lamborghini being a Taurus.
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Its common knowledge that the Porsche family is NOT German...each of them will tell you this in a very matter of fact manner...(actually kind of a f/u attitude).....that they are Austrian!

It is also common knowledeg that Ferdinand had quite the "thing" going w/his house cleaner "Juanita".

So go figure....as Shakespeare said, "What's in a name?"
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Originally Posted by melman911
...Got to be one of the dumbest threads and I just put in my .02

chupar is the word you're probably searching for; which happens to be one of the names in consideration for the new porsche hybrid...
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Old 12-14-2007, 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by 24FPS
chupar is the word you're probably searching for; which happens to be one of the names in consideration for the new porsche hybrid...
Kind of more like "Chupa me"...or is that "Chinga me"....no no, "Chinga me" is what you ask the dealer to do to you when you buy a new GT2.....my mistake.
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Old 12-14-2007, 03:57 PM
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Kind of more like "Chupa me"...or is that "Chinga me"....no no, "Chinga me" is what you ask the dealer to do to you when you buy a new GT2.....my mistake.
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Old 12-14-2007, 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by 24FPS
chupar is the word you're probably searching for; which happens to be one of the names in consideration for the new porsche hybrid...
I heard the name was going to be the Chupacabras
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Porsche is not the only one that uses spanish names for its model line up. I guess it sounds more exotic in Spanish.
And then there is the famous Chrysler "Cordoba" "With rich Corintian leather" as hyped by Ricardo Montalban...

Yikes, what a POS!
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Originally Posted by Bruce SEA 993
And then there is the famous Chrysler "Cordoba" "With rich Corintian leather" as hyped by Ricardo Montalban...

Yikes, what a POS!
I thought Chevy Nova was funnier.
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Por siempre Nueve Nueve Tres...
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Tambien se les dice "El Porcheto" o "La Porcheta".

Que viva el nueve once!
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