2006-11-30 02:12:47 · 6 answers · asked by mark o 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Mitsubishi
The Mitsubishi Pajero, known as the Mitsubishi Montero in the Americas and Spain, and as Mitsubishi Shogun in the United Kingdom, is an SUV built by Mitsubishi Motors. The name Montero (meaning "mountain warrior") was used because Pajero is slang for wanker in Spanish.
Thanks to its worldwide popularity, the Pajero (and Montero) names were also applied to other, unrelated models. The Pajero Mini is a keicar-sized SUV available only in Japan. The Mitsubishi Pajero iO (sold in Europe as the Pajero Pinin or Montero iO), is a smaller SUV, similar in size to the Toyota RAV4 and the Honda CR-V. The Japanese Mitsubishi Challenger was renamed as the Pajero/Montero/Shogun Sport in most export markets.
2006-11-30 03:47:23 · answer #1 · answered by Michael K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wanker...
sorry, but thats what it means in spanish...
Thats why they called the Mitsubishi Pajero the Mitsubishi Montero in Spain
2006-11-30 02:20:45 · answer #2 · answered by Rainman 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yep, Spanish slang for w*nker. Case of makers not checking!
Mind you, Rolls Royce did that once, nearly. They were all prepared to call one of their cars "Silver Mist" until someone pointed out that in German "Mist" means what Babelfish politely calls, er, "muck"!
2006-11-30 06:02:24 · answer #3 · answered by champer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its true Its W*nker. Aparently thats why they changed it to Shogan
2006-11-30 02:23:36 · answer #4 · answered by Mikey 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dict_en_es/spanish/pajero;_ylt=AuXrzOznuX04CBlscsMaWO__s8sF
2006-11-30 02:17:29 · answer #5 · answered by Thornsey 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Its slang for wa***r
2006-11-30 02:16:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋