This is a classic marketing gaffe...

No va = No Go

Don't think many cars could survive this kind of marketing.

----- Original Message -----
From: "pensioner" <al_knoll@PACBELL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 2:11 PM
Subject: Legendary name.

| Urban myth has it that the reason the small Chevrolet sedans and station
| wagons did not sell well in Spanish speaking countries was the all in the
| name.  "Nova"  No va.
|
| The colloquial translation is left as an exercise for the readership.
|
| pensioner