schizoidman@lemm.ee to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 months agoBYD tops 2024 new car sales in S’pore, first for a Chinese EV brandwww.straitstimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down13
arrow-up149arrow-down1external-linkBYD tops 2024 new car sales in S’pore, first for a Chinese EV brandwww.straitstimes.comschizoidman@lemm.ee to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareBen Hur Horse Race@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoThey also top the list of all time worst names for any company or product. Nice car- what kind is it? Oh it’s a Build Your Dreams. Yes ok, I have a Honda but cool
minus-squareShinkanTrain@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·edit-23 months agoLG is supposed to be Life’s Good. No one calls it that either. And then there’s FIAT…
minus-squareKushan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoLG was originally lucky goldstar, a combination of two companies that merged. They rebranded as LG and “Life’s Good” was just a slogan they tacked on, it was never the company name.
minus-squareShinkanTrain@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agoNo one calls them Lucky Goldstar either.
minus-squareKushan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoThey used to, the point is that “life’s good” was never the name of the company, it was a slogan.
minus-squareBen Hur Horse Race@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoI hope you’re sitting down, because LG stands for Lucky Goldstar
minus-squareikt@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoYou’re going to love the Yangwang! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangwang I get the feeling the Chinese don’t particularly care to westernise their brand names anymore …
minus-squareBen Hur Horse Race@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoI think they need to consult with any english native speaker and ask them what comes to mind first when you hear the term yangwang
minus-squareyessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoThat’s actually not what BYD stood for originally, it was a reference to a city I think
They also top the list of all time worst names for any company or product.
Nice car- what kind is it? Oh it’s a Build Your Dreams. Yes ok, I have a Honda but cool
LG is supposed to be Life’s Good. No one calls it that either.
And then there’s FIAT…
LG was originally lucky goldstar, a combination of two companies that merged. They rebranded as LG and “Life’s Good” was just a slogan they tacked on, it was never the company name.
No one calls them Lucky Goldstar either.
They used to, the point is that “life’s good” was never the name of the company, it was a slogan.
I hope you’re sitting down, because LG stands for Lucky Goldstar
You’re going to love the Yangwang!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangwang
I get the feeling the Chinese don’t particularly care to westernise their brand names anymore …
I think they need to consult with any english native speaker and ask them what comes to mind first when you hear the term yangwang
That’s actually not what BYD stood for originally, it was a reference to a city I think
ooooh like FIAT