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Concern 5 year s ago
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Ironically FIAT also translates in English as "Fix It Again Tomorrow".
       
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Tourist 5 year s ago
b4 it was Nissan it was <Datsun
       
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Bride 5 year s ago
Nissan in the 60's was Datsun up until around the 80's.
       
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Zebra 5 year s ago
Or "Ferraille Italienne À Trous" which means "Italian scrap with holes"
       
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BMW famously started out in 1916 making plane engines under the name Bayerische Flugzeug-Werke, which means Bavarian Plane Manufacturing.

The company changed its name to Bayerische Motoren Werke, translated Bavarian Motor Work, in 1917. The name has since been shortened to BMW.

 

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