Do you ever refer to cars by their names in different markets?

"not for canada - australian in disguise" (for-canada)
11/30/2016 at 12:43 • Filed to: None

For example, I always call the Highlander the Kluger in my mind. Just sounds better.

Also used to call the FR-S the 86, until it actually became the 86 in North America. Used to also call the Escape the Kuga because why not.

DISCUSSION (39)

Textured Soy Protein > not for canada - australian in disguise
11/30/2016 at 12:46

No, I do not.

Your boy, BJR > not for canada - australian in disguise
11/30/2016 at 12:47

No. Because that’s stupid.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > not for canada - australian in disguise
11/30/2016 at 12:48

I usually think of the Saturn Astra as a Vauxhall, but that’s it.

TheHondaBro > not for canada - australian in disguise
11/30/2016 at 12:51

Yes, actually. I refer to Buick as it’s called in its native market: Crap.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > not for canada - australian in disguise
11/30/2016 at 12:51

I could call one of mine something silly and Russianized. If it were actually a Premiere, and if ‘59 Lincolns were actually sold in Russia instead of just featured in a cracktastic expo brochure.

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Logansteno: Bought a VW? > not for canada - australian in disguise
11/30/2016 at 12:51

I’ve called the Regal an Insignia at work a couple times and gotten sideways glances.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > not for canada - australian in disguise
11/30/2016 at 12:52

Sure. I call my truck a Colorado, I think of a certain Saturn hatchback as an Astra...

...wait.

Connqr > Your boy, BJR
11/30/2016 at 12:52

I see they finally revoked your president title.....

Connqr > not for canada - australian in disguise
11/30/2016 at 12:52

Uh, no. You crazy.

Takuro Spirit > not for canada - australian in disguise
11/30/2016 at 12:53

Axela sounds better than 3. Easier to hashtag on social media, too.

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Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > not for canada - australian in disguise
11/30/2016 at 12:54

Depends... sometimes the JDM name is better... Like in the case of the Honda Civic Shuttle:

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Which was a better name than “Wagovan”

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Connqr
11/30/2016 at 13:00

Actually he resigned of his own free will.

Connqr > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
11/30/2016 at 13:01

“Free will” hey?.... If you as so.....

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
11/30/2016 at 13:02

I think I might do that deliberately if I worked at a GM dealer...

gmctavish needs more space > not for canada - australian in disguise
11/30/2016 at 13:03

I called the old Lexus RX the Harrier, because that’s a way cooler name. I also usually call the new Buicks Opels

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Connqr
11/30/2016 at 13:03

Um, gonna need a translation on that...

Connqr > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
11/30/2016 at 13:05

Seems like a covered up forced removal from power to me, but who knows? And it was say, not as. Damn autocorrect...

Your boy, BJR > Connqr
11/30/2016 at 13:06

I got bored and stepped down. More money in the private sector, anyway.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Connqr
11/30/2016 at 13:06

Oh... so that was supposed to be a “say”. Feeling dumb over here.

Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif > not for canada - australian in disguise
11/30/2016 at 13:07

Call my Sonoma a Homre sometimes, but thats just the Isuzu version

Connqr > Your boy, BJR
11/30/2016 at 13:08

O sure... I totally believe you..... Lol JK. I never knew you had any real power anyway... Did you, or was it just a glorified name change post?

Your boy, BJR > Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif
11/30/2016 at 13:08

That’s one bad hombre

jimz > not for canada - australian in disguise
11/30/2016 at 13:09

no, because it’s pretentious and almost no one will get it anyway.

besides, “kluger” sounds like a respiratory illness.

Connqr > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
11/30/2016 at 13:09

Don’t worry about it. Autocorrect is almost always dumb.

Your boy, BJR > Connqr
11/30/2016 at 13:10

Some say I had all of the power, some say I had to sacrifice the power for the title, all I know is that I certainly have it now.

Connqr > Your boy, BJR
11/30/2016 at 13:11

OK. Seems legit.

VW Max > not for canada - australian in disguise
11/30/2016 at 13:12

I call the Honda Fit the Jazz

I also call VW wagons variants or estates

interstate366, now In The Industry > not for canada - australian in disguise
11/30/2016 at 13:15

Sometimes. Legend is a better name than RL/RLX, for example.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > not for canada - australian in disguise
11/30/2016 at 13:44

Sometimes I call my Juke an ESQ.

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Nothing > not for canada - australian in disguise
11/30/2016 at 13:50

No. Nor do I refer to specific models by their chassis codes.

EL_ULY > not for canada - australian in disguise
11/30/2016 at 13:52

I do but I can’t remember them right now

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > TheHondaBro
11/30/2016 at 14:07

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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > TheHondaBro
11/30/2016 at 14:10

Kinja'd!!!

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > not for canada - australian in disguise
11/30/2016 at 14:29

I call my car by it’s euro name, 528i.

Sam > not for canada - australian in disguise
11/30/2016 at 15:07

#notahipster

BritishLeyland™ > not for canada - australian in disguise
11/30/2016 at 15:09

As a european, I often refer to the Mazda MX-5 as the Miata, as it just rolls better of the tongue.

MUGENJIBZ > not for canada - australian in disguise
11/30/2016 at 17:54

Toyota SCEPTER always sounded so much cooler than CAMRY.

theuserformerlyknownasaluminumfoil > not for canada - australian in disguise
12/01/2016 at 11:57

“Highlander the Kluger”

We have an older Highlander as well.. maybe I should call it the Kruger.. as in.. http://seinfeld.wikia.com/wiki/Kruger_Industrial_Smoothing

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > not for canada - australian in disguise
01/04/2017 at 11:51

There are only two types of people on this thread: Those who admit to having called a car by its foreign name, and liars.

http://oppositelock.kinja.com/correct-me-if-im-wrong-1790753833