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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on SAIC launching new brand without Rover name]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</guid><description><![CDATA[Is the obvious pun being ignored for some reason??]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[spencermfi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 12th 2006 7:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on SAIC launching new brand without Rover name]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</guid><description><![CDATA[am i the only one who read it as "wrong way" the first time i glanced at it?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[.josh.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 12th 2006 7:52PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on SAIC launching new brand without Rover name]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's actually how Chinese people would pronounce Rover anyway.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mathieu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 12th 2006 7:55PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on SAIC launching new brand without Rover name]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm sorry... a car named WRONG WAY is not going to sell in the US. With as many US educated individuals in the Chinese pool, you'd think they'd at least tap one of them.<br><br>Good luck. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[felonious monk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 12th 2006 7:56PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on SAIC launching new brand without Rover name]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</guid><description><![CDATA[way more funny than the Chevy "No Go" Nova]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[a reason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 12th 2006 8:08PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on SAIC launching new brand without Rover name]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</guid><description><![CDATA[5. way more funny than the Chevy "No Go" Nova<br><br>Posted at 8:07PM on Oct 12th 2006 by a reason 0 stars<br>------------------------------------------<br>That's an urban myth. No va doesn't mean "doesn't go" in Spanish.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jamie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 12th 2006 8:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on SAIC launching new brand without Rover name]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</guid><description><![CDATA[750E Rong Wei sounds pretty fancy.  Will it come with a navigation system?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 12th 2006 8:30PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on SAIC launching new brand without Rover name]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</guid><description><![CDATA["That's an urban myth. No va doesn't mean "doesn't go" in Spanish."<br><br>"No va" means "doesn't go" in Spanish. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mr]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 12th 2006 8:57PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on SAIC launching new brand without Rover name]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</guid><description><![CDATA[i also thought it was pronounced wrong way at first. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[offroadwarrior03]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 12th 2006 9:11PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on SAIC launching new brand without Rover name]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</guid><description><![CDATA[Noh Wei!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 12th 2006 9:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on SAIC launching new brand without Rover name]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</guid><description><![CDATA[Since Ford just exercised an option to buy the Rover name, wouldn't Ford also be as leery about allowing a knock-off of its property, just as GM didn't want Cherys to be sold in the U.S.?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[carbuzzard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 12th 2006 9:18PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on SAIC launching new brand without Rover name]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</guid><description><![CDATA[No va, literally translated, means "doesn't go" in spanish. However it is horrible grammar and not a phrase someone would use about a car. Also, nova is not the same as "no va", one is one word, one is two. And they're pronounced differently.<br><br><a href="http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 12th 2006 9:23PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on SAIC launching new brand without Rover name]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ben: Probably just me, but I think you should loosen your necktie just a little. You might feel a whole lot more comfortable. I'm just sayin... ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ray]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 12th 2006 9:28PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on SAIC launching new brand without Rover name]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</guid><description><![CDATA[I don't even know how to tie a tie. And I don't see your point. I'm surprised you even took the time to post that.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 12th 2006 9:45PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on SAIC launching new brand without Rover name]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</guid><description><![CDATA[One Comic Book Guy has to upstage another; it's compulsory.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kunikos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 9th 2008 1:04AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on SAIC launching new brand without Rover name]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</guid><description><![CDATA[IF YOU WANNA KEEP GOING WITH RONG WEI -- actually, WRONG WAY might be pronounced Long Way.  In Korean pidgen English, Rover would be Low-vera, so if you went South from Koreatown in LA and put hydraulics on the vehicle, it would be a Low-vera-lyda.<br>(No disrespect-- accents are amusing, but anyone who can learn any English, coming off completely non-similar Asian languages, gets credit from me.)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BOB]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 12th 2006 10:05PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on SAIC launching new brand without Rover name]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</guid><description><![CDATA[Two points:<br><br>"Rong Wei" is the Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese characters; the "o" is a long one, pronounced as in "roam".  The article states that in English-speaking countries (that does include the US, right? :-)), the company will use "Roewe".<br><br>The other thing is that the first Chinese character in the logo bitmap is the word for "use".  "Rong Wei" is how the last two characters are pronounced.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sutibu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 12th 2006 10:35PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on SAIC launching new brand without Rover name]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</guid><description><![CDATA[ai noh hao tu naim cah camponi.  <br>ai noh ahmericans wil laik rong wei!<br>dat hao wi duraibu hia in China on haiwei!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[rong wei executive person man]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 13th 2006 12:45AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on SAIC launching new brand without Rover name]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</guid><description><![CDATA[If I recall correctly, by using the intellectual property rights to the Rover 25 and 75 models, SAIC will build essentially the now-relatively-ancient models that Rover was making when it went ti— I mean, belly up. Since those models weren't designed to pass the U.S. crash tests in effect at that time, much less the ones that will be in effect when these cars finally start rolling off the assembly line, I can't possibly imagine that they'll be sold in the U.S. Hell, I'll be surprised if they're sold outside of Asia or in Japan or Korea.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg A.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 13th 2006 1:26AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on SAIC launching new brand without Rover name]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/saic-launching-new-brand-without-rover-name/</guid><description><![CDATA[I think It's not a goos step taken by SAIC.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cars]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Oct 13th 2006 2:19AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>