*Fiat Lux Production; Ad-purveyors: peruse/weep lots.

Post #385,281 by Ashton 1/14/14 10:45:09 PM Reply	Fiat Lux Production; Ad-purveyors: peruse/weep lots. WOWeee !!!* Now there's a storyboard combining 1) all the Walter Mitty fantasies of every Bond-o-phile 2) the F=MAaaa fantasies of every (medium-build physiqued) Muscled Car luster-after. So then.. Who was 'the cop'? Who was the first driver? WHO was the voluptuous-Siren hot-car-Tamer in short-short skirt?? There's Number 3) in the mix: Sex Sells. (As they leave us hanging.. on The Plot ... sequel coming soon to a multiplex Near You. Bastards!) * Same name as on that coffee-table book re UCB/Ansel on-camera. More synchronicity--but just for me.) The Vega article nicely dissects the ingredients of "Looks good! but turns out it Sucks" ... yeah, save a few $$ on flimsy sheet-metal/a few pennies more on protective coatings.. Create a pariah. Get paid in 8 figures. Take self + no-shame off to that island, to nurse barely-dented ego. What's in a name? (Say, 'Nova') as regards intangibles like Rep ... also facing the Suits-in-Command: The Nova had a particularly rough time in Central/South America sales, simply because its name: 'Nova' spoken as, "No. Va". means exactly: "Doesn't go." Nice catch(es).
Post #385,294 by rcareaga 1/15/14 9:54:41 AM Reply	What's in a name? Less than you'd think The Chevy "Nova" chestnut is debunked here with considerable energy and thoroughness by our good friends at snopes.com: http://www.snopes.co...misxlate/nova.asp cordially,
Post #385,298 by boxley 1/15/14 10:19:37 AM Reply	well to be pedantic no marcha means the starter is gone Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 58 years. meep
Post #385,301 by Another Scott 1/15/14 10:42:11 AM Reply	Entertaining Snopes linky! Thanks.
Post #385,307 by pwhysall 1/15/14 12:02:16 PM Reply	Over here they've gone for "just plain stupid" Volkswagen up! Vauxhall Mokka Renault Wind Nissan Leaf If the idiocracy of the up! is too much, Seat will sell you the same car in the guise of the Seat Mii. Which is far better, obv.
Post #385,308 by a6l6e6x 1/15/14 12:15:23 PM Reply	Renault is ripping off the idea of VW Sirocco. A particular kind of wind. Also, Nissan Leaf is here too. Alex
Post #385,310 by drook 1/15/14 1:06:19 PM Reply	Isn't that flirting with a lawsuit from Nintendo? -- Drew
Post #385,316 by rcareaga 1/15/14 1:55:58 PM Reply	Wii are not amused.
Post #385,322 by Ashton 1/15/14 5:08:18 PM Reply	('Twas an unintendo-Nintendo; comprendo?)
Post #385,321 by Ashton 1/15/14 4:56:04 PM Reply	It was..(whatever year) and, Then as Now: Perception is All. [Dons, Here's the 5£ Argument you paid for-hat] Snopes is being a bit pecksniffish to dismiss entirely the meme --how do you count? "Didn't buy because why would I buy from a Mfg. this obtuse?" --as to micro-accént-disassembly: is Snopes unaware that ANY word which (contains 2 or more sub-words) is grist for being examined for Ha-Ha's? This is not just a Murican affliction (I more than wot, from some experience of Español-punsterism) ALL play-with-words (except Repos, who merely seek to incorporate -Evil- within ordinary common ones. Stunted imaginations correlate with one-track-brains.) Snopes' worthiest 'correction' I accept: that in-fact Chevy Didn't 'measure' any decline in sales because of this meme. They could not count the no-shows, actually/obviously. I don't really care though, if the original assertion has less than sterling-truthiness: It was still A Hoot (for those of us who will stoop to punniness long after Age 10.) So.. it's a Win/Whine situation, eh?

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