This is an urban legend- the Nova sold just as well in spanish-speaking
countries as in the US.  See www.snopes.com and search for nova.
Pius
85 vanajetta westy

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of don spence
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 2:36 PM
To: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Subject: Re: Head ON Vanagon COLLISION pics - Vehicle Names

> One of the dumbest moves was when Chevrolet marketing an SUV in South
> America called the Nova.  "no va" in spanish means "it will not go".