I still love that car. :)



Coming from the little boy who thought this looked like Walter Cronkite:




This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at September 17, 2024 8:07 PM MDT

 

  Would you believe that in many Spanish-speaking countries, the word “pinto”  is slang for a certain male appendage?  And the Chevy Nova, in Spanish, it means “does not go“. lol. 

In general, I don't know Spanish slang, but I do know what 'no va' means.

 

  Sales for the Nova were lower than average in some of those countries.  People had little trust and confidence in the performance. 

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So much for truth in advertising.

Funny story, but not true. As a Spanish-speaker, you know that the word nova has the same meaning and pronunciation in Spanish as it does in English.

they used to look like this: