Do you ever wonder how car manufacturers decide on the names of the models they make? It actually sounds like it would be a kind of fun job. Most of you have probably heard the urban legend that the Chevy Nova didn't sell well in Spanish speaking countries because no va meant "doesn't go" but the likelihood of that happening is low. The Car companies have committees who make lists of possible names then research the names to make sure none of them are offensive in any language or already in use, then they choose the top three names and turn them over to their legal department, if none of those names make that cut they choose the next three names until they have three that will work. If they wanted to raise the difficulty level they could commit to using only one letter for the entire list, or better yet one letter of the manufacturers name like Ford for instance would have to make the list from only words beginning with the letter "F". You got to love a good puzzle!
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