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There's a Hyundai car whose name literally means "pussy" in Portuguese and Galician x) It's marketed as something else in those territories.



Don't forget the famous Mitsubishi Pajero (wanker)


And Toyota Venza which sound like "toilet seat" in... Japanese, of all languages...


Honda was originally planning to name a model "fitta" before they discovered what it meant for Swedes/Norwegians (same meaning as in your example)




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