Joe Geiser wrote in message ...
>Happy Friday folks:
>
>Subject: The Corporate Ugly American...The Perils of Being Global
>
>The Chevy Nova Award Nominees
>
>The following constitute the nominees for the "Chevy Nova Award". This
award
>is presented annually in honor of General Motor's fiasco in trying to
market
>the automobile of the same name in Central and South America.
>
>Interestingly, "no va" in Spanish means, "it doesn't go" - or more
>precisely, "no go" (and hence, why it was a real bust to GM in Mexico ;)

[snip]

The "no go" stigma has "forced" many of us classic Nova (1962-1979) owners
to get customized license plates such as "Duz2Go" or "Does Go" or similar!
Most classic Nova owners will remind you that only the rebadged-Toyota Novas
(1985-1987) are truly the "no go" blacksheeps of the Nova family :)

Eddie, 1973 "NoGo" SS
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Pit/3173/index.html