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Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 17:03:15 +0100
From: Johannes H Andersen <johsnopsamsafish.com>
Subject: Re: Mercedes smokes BWM/Saab/Volvo with better model names


Ken Washington wrote: > > I love it when people try to interpret. Nova, in Spanish means dying star. That > is why the car name did not work in South American countries or hispanic > countries period. No one want's to buy a dying star. I speak a fair amount of > Spanish, having studied it for 6 years and I have lived in New Mexico, Puerto > Rico and spent 5 weeks in Spain. No, that doesn't make me an expert, but I > think I know what I am talking about in this case. > Hi, Ken The word means a "new" very bright star on the sky. The brightness comes about because the star in fact explodes towards the end of its life; the last gasps before it dies. There are also super novas, these are rare and most sought after events by the astronomers. The name would be appropriate for a 10000 bhp drag racer where the engine blows up after five seconds. Johannes [...]

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