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You do learn something everyday ( at least most days), but somehow I am embarrassed to admit that I only learned this today.
Carrera is spanish for race. I know that cars named with spanish and italian words are fairly common. I don't really know why I didn't know this before except that I don't speak spanish. Now tell me somebody else out there besides me didn't know this 
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Must be the water from the Chatahootchie, Jester. I never realized/knew that either!
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From what I understand, Porsche named the Carreras after the Carrera de Mexico a big race in (duh) Mexico from the 1950s.
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I thought it was the carrera panamerica?
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Re: Carrera=
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Thanks Chris,
I knew I could count you guys to make a guy feel better
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You know, you might be right about the Panamerica thing.
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What does Corolla mean?
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Corrolla=*****box
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Jerry '86 coupe gone but not forgotten Unlike women, a race car is an inanimate object. Therefore it must, eventually, respond to reason. |
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Cor-ol-la Function: adjective Definition: tasteless Synonyms: banal, blah, boring, dull, flat, flavorless, ho-hum, humdrum, insipid, milk-and-water, monotonous, nerdy, nothing, pablum, sapless, tame, tedious, unexciting, uninspiring, uninteresting, unstimulating, vanilla, vapid, waterish, watery, weak, wimpy, wishy-washy, wuss, zero Antonyms: delicious, rich, sharp, tasty, 911 Concept: poor taste |
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10-01-2003, 06:21 PM
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Carrera, Corona it's all the same
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10-01-2003, 06:24 PM
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Jerry- very brave of you to admit it, as it happens I thought they were named after the Carrera Mountains in Italy!
So you have educated me! there, I admitted it! And no I don't check my oil with the engine off! Ben
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What is Chayenne Spanish for?
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Yes, and the Ford "Cortina"... cortina means "curtain".
Curtains? Oh well (for 3000 Ford factory workers in Genk, yes...)
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This is apparently true...
The Mitsubishi 'Starion' was supposed to be called the 'Stallion' but an error arose through the Japanese pronounciation. |
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And how about the Suzuki "Justy"! Right... And the Hyundai "Pony". Yup... I think there was also a Morris "Marina" Nice names, them!
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Yep, but I think it's actually called the "La Carrera PanAmericana". I have also always assumed that the Targa was named after the legendary Italian "Targa Florio" race. Can anyone verify that as well? 
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"La Carrera Panamericana"
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