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One famous example is the poor sales of the Chevrolet Nova in Latin America. "No va" in Spanish roughly translates as "doesn't go."

A less well known example is the Toyota MR2 in France. In French, when the French letters for M-R and the number two are spoken together in rapid succession, it becomes a vulgar expression of supreme vexation.

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