funny or embarrassing?

[my porsche]

Nokia was Finnish

Really? I always thought it was Japanese.

And the Lexus thing is somewhat understandable since until 2005 they were only sold in the US.

[Ferrer]

And the Lexus thing is somewhat understandable since until 2005 they were only sold in the US.

No, I believe we have them here since the mid 90's.

[MadMax13]

Some of those are hard but most are easy, thats a ****ing embarrassment. Oh, and TopGear is THE SHIT!!!...

[my porsche]

No, I believe we have them here since the mid 90's.

Oh, then damn you Gran Turismo 4!

[TVRs4eva]

Oh, then damn you Gran Turismo 4!

haha it's from the scrolling tickers in that game where i acquired the majority of my basic car knowledge a couple years ago. but yeah, some of their info is a little "off"

[fisetdavid26]

haha it's from the scrolling tickers in that game where i acquired the majority of my basic car knowledge a couple years ago. but yeah, some of their info is a little "off"

Funny, so did I. I remember seeking through GT2 for cars who had the "i" icon, so that I could read their informations. Good times when I had nothing better to do!

[carsnut]

To be fair Land Rover is is part of the Ford Motor Company, so could be argued that it's technically American.

But anywho, as Mr Tiv says the average Joe in the street (in any country) probabaly doesn't really give damn about where car companies come from, so it's not hugely suprising. I wonder how many non-car enthusiasts in Europe would know that Hyundai is Korean. And how many average Europeans would know that LG is Korean. Heck, my phone is an LG, and I didn't know (or care) where the company came from until I read that article.

Are you kidding me?? What your saying is that Lamborghini, Bentley, and Bugatti are German just because they are part of the Volkswagen-Audi group? Land Rover is British and Lexus is Japanese, enough said. I don't understand how anyone can think a British or a Japanese brand is American just because they are owned by an American automobile company or only sold in America.

[carsnut]

Really? I always thought it was Japanese.

And the Lexus thing is somewhat understandable since until 2005 they were only sold in the US.

But they are owned by and created by Toyota............................................ ., so it's not really understandable in any way. I might as well say Honda is an American brand just because some of their cars are assembled in the USA (joke).

[Rockefella]

But they are owned by and created by Toyota............................................ ., so it's not really understandable in any way. I might as well say Honda is an American brand just because some of their cars are assembled in the USA (joke).

We all know that Lexus is Japanese and LR British, they're just trying to explain why it could be taken differently by those less knowledgeable of the subject.

[silverhawk]

i had an argument with a classmate coz he said that Lamborghini is German. i dont think he he knew that audi owns lamborghini. i also dont think that he ever heard of Audi. (we only have a few handful of A4 & A6 here)