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2 kwi 1999 · The truth is that the Chevrolet Nova's name didn't significantly affect its sales: it sold well in both its primary Spanish-language markets, Mexico and Venezuela, and its Venezuelan sales...
9 sty 2022 · Furthermore, there’s a gasoline brand in Mexico that uses the nova name. If a Nova gasoline could be sold in a Latin American country like Mexico, the use of Nova for a car name would be an unlikely hindrance to car sales.
7 kwi 2017 · Some versions of the tale note that, once GM realized its mistake, it changed the name of the Nova in Spanish-speaking markets to Caribe and, as a result, sales took off. However, the only Caribe that Chevrolet built was a one-off show car based on the Camaro.
19 paź 2011 · He also corrects the popular myth that the Chevy Nova failed to sell well in Mexico because, in Spanish, the name means "no go."
26 cze 2019 · Is it true that Chevrolet couldn't market its Nova in Latin America because the brand name means "it doesn't go"? Turns out, it's just an urban legend.
The Chevrolet Chevy II/Nova is a small automobile manufactured by Chevrolet, and produced in five generations for the 1962 through 1979, and 1985 through 1988 model years. Built on the X-body platform, the Nova was the top selling model in the Chevy II lineup through 1968.
12 kwi 2017 · So the next time you feel like illustrating your point that even big-shot bigwig executives get things wrong by trotting out that story you heard about the Nova bombing in Spanish-speaking countries in the Seventies because its name translated as “won’t go,” don’t – the story’s made up.
