2001 Mazda Protegé [BJ]

2001 Mazda Protegé [BJ] in Alias, TV Series, 2001-2006 IMDB Ep. 1.04

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: JP — Made for: USA

2001 Mazda Protegé [BJ]

Pos: 00:11:03 [*] Background vehicle 

Comments about this vehicle

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mm CH

2005-11-18 00:26

Looks like the back of an Mazda 323 for me.

Misteraverage

2005-11-18 00:40

Looks like a Mazda Protegé

antp BE

2005-11-18 00:58

What a strange name... (means "protected")

Misteraverage

2005-11-18 14:57

Quote What a strange name... (means "protected")



It's a Japanese car. What you'd expect?

Let's not forget the Mitsubishi Pajero, which in Spanish, Pajero means "Masturbation":D

And what about the Koreans and Malaysians? Hyundai Accent and Proton Impian - What are these all about?

But the most stupid car name ever, has got to be: Buick LaCrosse...pfft....Americans are really ignorant.

mm CH

2005-11-18 17:29

Add some other vehicles to this list:
- Chevy Nova: Sold in Mexico with a different label - "no va" = doesn't work
- Chevy Pinto: Sold in Brasil with a different name - "Pinto" means something like "your manhood is too small"
- Toyota MR-2 - the spelling of this one is very close to "merde" (shit) in French
- The name of a Toyota (?) truck should have been "Fiera", meaning something like "ugly old woman" in Spanish.
- VW Phaeton: Phaeton is not the name of the carriage of the Greek sun god. It's the name of the god's son, who borrowed the carriage twice without asking dad. One time, he drove the carriage with the sun too high, deep freezing the earth. Another time too low, deep frying it.

There are a few more horror stories from the marketing departments gone wild. :)

Racing girl

2005-11-18 23:55

There also the:
-Mazda Cronos: Cronos is the name of a Greek god.
-Pontiac Aztek
-Buick Rendezvous
-Dodge Stratus: Stratus is a name of a cloud pff...
-The new Hyundai minivan: The Entourage

-- Last edit: 2006-05-22 03:22:36

Exiv96 BE

2005-11-26 16:18

Petite remarque : Protegé ne s'écrit qu'avec un seul accent aigu au bout. Personne ne sait pourquoi...

antp BE

2005-11-26 17:57

Sur internet la majorité de ceux que je trouve sont écrits sans accent, ou avec les deux accents :??:

Exiv96 BE

2005-11-26 18:50

C'est bien Protegé. J'en ai déjà vu plusieurs en vrai du côté du SHAPE, près de Mons.

Voici une autre preuve : http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/jc/95-98protege.htm

antp BE

2005-11-26 19:14

OK si t'en as vu en vrai je te crois ;)

J-2 ES

2006-01-17 20:10

Quote [quote]What a strange name... (means "protected")



It's a Japanese car. What you'd expect?

Let's not forget the Mitsubishi Pajero, which in Spanish, Pajero means "Masturbation":D

And what about the Koreans and Malaysians? Hyundai Accent and Proton Impian - What are these all about?

But the most stupid car name ever, has got to be: Buick LaCrosse...pfft....Americans are really ignorant. [/quote]

Don´t forget the Mazda Laputa (Literally in English, Thebitch), and the Nissan Moco (Nissan snot in English)

Skid US

2007-08-10 12:56

Misteraverage wrote pfft....Americans are really ignorant.


Yeah. Boy we're dumb. Just imagine, we run around NAMING CARS names that are sensible in our native language, but don't count on them meaning "masturbation" in French Canadian, or "testicles" in Portugese, or "dung pile" in Swahili, or whatever else.

Good thing we have your elitist ass to keep us straight. :D

antp BE

2007-08-10 14:57

In the south there are many Spanish speakers, no? ;) And as Canada is probably an important part of their market, the US makers have probably to think also to French-canadian. Though that renaming the car for Canada market is not very difficult.

MBSL65fan US

2008-02-06 01:19

Maybe already mentioned, don't forget the Daihatsu Naked! :lol:

night cub US

2011-02-14 00:08

1999+ model

Baube QC

2017-07-18 04:45

this color looks like the green we could find on the 2001-2002 ones ( 2003 excluded by lack of repeater on fender )
http://gtcarlot.com/colors/car/72347229-2.html

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