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Old 04-03-2008, 04:47 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by ken0042 View Post
Didn't that go to court, and was found that the original trademark owner was a US college football team? And the college team told Ford to back off or they would be sued in turn?

Or is that just an urban legend?
I have heard this too, but couldn't find any credible info on it.

One interesting fact I did read while looking it up is when Mitsubishi entered the American market, they had a car to compete with the Mustang called the Starion. It was supposed to be named the Stallion but since the Japanese can't pronounce the letter "L", it was incorrectly spelled in the American marketing material and the name had to remain.

Seems hard to believe but they also introduced a car called the Pajero which in Mexico means to masturbate.
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