El camino = road
El caballo = horse (pronounced ca-ba'-yo)

BTW, I haven't noticed anyone mentioning the Chevrolet "Impact", which
was their first commercial electric vehicle.

Karl Wolz

 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
Behalf Of
 > Jim Heissenbuttel
 > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 3:22 PM
 > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
 > Subject: Fwd: My list of the worst-ever car names (for cars sold in
the U.S.):
 >
 > > El Camino means the same thing in Spanish, doesn't it?
 >
 > El Camino is Spanish for "The Horse," which is not really a bad name
 > for a motor vehicle.
 >
 > > Definately an odd one.  I think the Toyota Masterace deserves
special
 > > mention, too.  Named by someone who was either unfamiliar with
English
 > > or
 > > unfamiliar with World War II.
 > >
 >
 > I second this. When I found that they had a model called "MasterAce"
 > (notice proper use of caps) I about flipped. Obviously nobody did
their
 > brand and cultural research here...
 >
 > jh
 > 83.5 Westy