Oh Dear ! What an unfortunate name.....

[Doobrey]

I bet you all laughed and sniggered at school when you were taught about the Wankel rotary engine..

[Doobrey]

PMC wrote:

Must be my filthy mind?  I remember finding the grille of an Edsel Ford to be incredibly amusing...
http://www.tvhistory.tv/1958%20Edsel%20Convert%20Green.JPG

 ..innocent whistle..
 Nope, dunno what you mean.. doesn`t look anything like a fanny
 ..innocent whistle..

Oh and is there any truth in the urban legend that Mitsubishi's Pajero means something very obscene in Portuguese?

Dunno, but I heard that "Coca-Cola" in Cantonese means "eat a wax tadpole", and that British Leyland had to rename the Allegro for the French market, cos it sounded like "go fat person".. and you don`t need to be told what the Toyota MR-2 translated as....