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Originally Posted by vasudeva Datsun [Den + Aoyoma + Takeuchi, original three financial backers, + sun] |
Hmm. Reminds me of a joke doing the rounds many years ago about how the Datsun name came to be.
It seems the Japanese were good (and fast) about bringing new cars to market, but would be at their wit's end to find suitable names for them, especially names that appeal to the English-speaking world, who would be the target market.
So, they have this car all ready, except for the name and call up the Americans for some name suggestions. The Americans are like, "That soon ?" meaning "You guys came up with a new car that soon?".
The Japanese think that it was a name suggested and take it, after modifying it to the way they would pronounce it ie. Datsun.
