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Reading at all your comments reinforce my opinion that the least stupid names are Numbers (peugeot xOx, Renault xx , MBenz , BMW, ...) because there are neutral in any languages not carrying any intentional (from marketing) or unintentional connotations ...
As Antoine said a Mazda Protége sounds very stupid in french ( ..t'es protégé chéri?...) that's an example of unintentional stupidity of marketing choices
But names like Laguna, Meriva, Mondeo, Jumpy,Megane, Safrane ... mades to sounds good, to provide positing feelings for (worldwide)customers are also very irratating, boring for me... so I prefer number codes like 356 for porsche (the name cames from the number's project as you certainly knows) or articulated between segment/power as some makes likes BMW do (3xx, 5xx, 6xx)
As Antoine said a Mazda Protége sounds very stupid in french ( ..t'es protégé chéri?...) that's an example of unintentional stupidity of marketing choices
But names like Laguna, Meriva, Mondeo, Jumpy,Megane, Safrane ... mades to sounds good, to provide positing feelings for (worldwide)customers are also very irratating, boring for me... so I prefer number codes like 356 for porsche (the name cames from the number's project as you certainly knows) or articulated between segment/power as some makes likes BMW do (3xx, 5xx, 6xx)