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Home --> Automobiles --> Better Business

Better Business

Our love of driving is only matched by the auto industry's love of our money. These legends focus on the business side of the auto world: how cars are named and marketed, and what factory secrets they contain.


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        Green bullet = true
        Red bullet = false
        Multiple status bullet = multiple truth values
        Yellow bullet = undetermined
        White bullet = unclassifiable veracity

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Red bullet The Chevy Nova sold poorly in Mexico because "no va" means "doesn't go" in Spanish.*

Red bullet Car with miraculous carburetor that gets 200 MPG is suddenly reclaimed by the factory.

Yellow bullet Gangster Clyde Barrow sent a "thank you" letter to the Ford Motor Company.*

Green bullet A complicated Honda Accord commercial was achieved without the use of computer-generated images.*

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