How to pronounce car names

[Zytek_Fan]

Originally Posted by Jakg

i thought it was Pur - Jho

It is

[kingofthering]

how about nurburgring. I say it like Jeremy Clarkson does. yes,i know it is not a car, but can someone clear this up?

[092326001]

Originally Posted by Coventrysucks

Actually, it is "Le Mon".

The "Le" as in the French "le"; closer to "luh" rather than "lee".

Only the "s" is silent from "Mans".

I've heard it from genuine French people!

I know its pronouced Lu Mon cause i go to french class
Gallardo - Gayardo
countach-kountak-at least that's how they said it in barret-jackson

and i believe we had a thread about how that lamborghini is pronouced lamborheenee

[pocatellomb]

Originally Posted by dydzi

i actually think some of them are wrong

porsche - por-sh-eh
maybach - my-ba-h
countach - coon-tach
murcielago - mur-see-ala-goh
not sure about the scaglietti
bugatti - bug-at-tee
koenig- ke:-nig
peugeot- pe-jo

Maybach is pronounced: my-bach
Koenigsegg is pronounced: koer-nig-seg or kur-nig-seg

[Kultag]

Originally Posted by RISE AGAINST

Here's for the idiots:

Toureag
Murcielago
RUF
Peugot
Citroen

First you should write them down correctly, and then try to teach others.

[Didymus]

Originally Posted by derekthetree

gallardo and murcielago are spanish words

Seems odd that an Italian carmaker would give a car Spanish names; there must be an interesting story behind that decision. Do you know what is? If they're Spanish, they're pronounced guy-yardo and mercy-a-lahgo. Gallardo works just fine in Spanish, but the combination "cie" is very unusual.

Didy

[Kitdy]

I actually do know the story. Ferrucio Lamborghini (I think that's his name) was both a Taurus and a fan of bullfighting. Murcielago is the name of a famous bull that took part in bull fights and instead of fighting to the death, he was spared I believe due to his prowess (I also believe that Murcielago is the Spanish name for a bat - that is what the bull was named). The Gallardo is also another bull related name I think - check wikipedia under those car names for more. Welcome to UCP by the way Didymus.

[Didymus]

Originally Posted by pocatellomb

Maybach is pronounced: my-bach
Koenigsegg is pronounced: koer-nig-seg or kur-nig-seg

I believe Scaglietti would be pronounced "Skahg-lee-EHT-ee." The "g" would be very soft, almost silent.

Didy

[Didymus]

Originally Posted by Kitdy

I actually do know the story.... Welcome to UCP by the way Didymus.

Thanks, Kitdy, for both the story and the welcome!

Didy

[Didymus]

Gallardo- Ga-yard-o (gee-yard-oh)

Originally Posted by my porsche

in parenthesis are the right answers

I don't think you got this one right. It's "guy-YAHR-doh." In Spanish, "a" is pronounced "ah," not "ee." Or should we say "Lease VAAY-geese"?

Guillardo is a Spanish name that's pronounced as you would have us say "Gallardo."

Didy

[orshow]

The names below are how the chuffing names are pronounced! P.S, pardon my use of language.

Lamborghini... lamb-bor-ghee-nee

Gallardo... guy-ard-oh

Murcielago... mur-see-el-ag-oh

Countach... coo-n-tash

Porsche... p-oh-r-sh (not p-oh--r-sh-UH)

Maybach... may-bach(german sound for the ch)

Bugatti... boo-gat-ee

Koenigsegg... koo-nig-s-egg

Pagani... pag-an-ee

Citroen... sit-ron

Audi... ow-dee

Renault... ren-oh

Le Mans... le mon

Spyker... spy-kuhr

Acura... ah-cure-ah

Peugeot... pew-g/j(ee)-oh

Trust me this is how they are pronounced! I must say, some of the suggestions(i'm not gonna name names) made are absolutely abominable! for example... what the is a "Ak-rr-ah"???????? or a "pe-jo"???????? a pe-jo??????? Honestly?!

Anyone care to disagree with my suggestions?

[dydzi]

you've got maybach, porsche, spyker and citroen wrong, not everything in the world is read english way...

interestingly recently i've found that you read maybach with specifically reading that "ch" - it's certainly not k, funny thing is in english there is no difference between sh and that sound, so i don't know how to write it... it should be like in german "ich" standing for "I". porsche certainly has a long "e" at the end! koenigsegg can't have oo after k, there's standing e for something... it's like long e umlaut sound. second sylab of spyker will be -err, in citroen there are dots above e for the same reason as double dots in naïve

[clutch-monkey]

Originally Posted by orshow

Citroen... sit-ron

sit(ch)-row-en

Originally Posted by orshow

Spyker... spy-kuhr

spike-er

Originally Posted by orshow

Acura... ah-cure-ah

honda....

[orshow]

Originally Posted by dydzi

you've got maybach, porsche, spyker and citroen wrong, not everything in the world is read english way... koenigsegg can't have oo after k, there's standing e for something. second sylab of spyker will be -err

The e in koenigsegg means nothing and you also don't have to hear it!! do you pronounce every letter in every word? so how would you say koenigsegg?.....

ko-en-igs-egg???? it's Swedish anyway, so i think they would use koo instead of ko-en.

oh and kingofthering,

Nurburgring - nooer-booer-ch(the sound you make when you are about to spit)-ing.....it's German so it should be said German.
it is also known as,

Nordschleife - Nord-shh-leaf-eh/uh.

[minijem]

Originally Posted by kingofthering

how about nurburgring. I say it like Jeremy Clarkson does. yes,i know it is not a car, but can someone clear this up?

It annoys me the way that the F1 commentators insist on mispronouncing Nürburgring. If they pronounced the "Nür" in Nürburgring the way they probably pronounce the "Nur" in Nuremburg and vice-versa they might be about right. In other words the umlaut modifies the vowel sound so "Nü" is like "new" in English. The "e" in Nuremburg does NOT modify the vowel sound as it would in English, so it's more like "nooremburg".

Incidentally David Coulthard gets it rignt when he mentions the circuit in interviews.