Focus on Hawaii
Are you on vacation in Portugal? Then don’t be surprised if you find a very different model name on the tailgate of the hyundai kona.
One car is not the other. The Same Car Can Even Have A Different in Another Country. For Example, The Toyota Yaris in Japan was called Vitz Until Recently and the Last European Mondeo Lived in the United States As Fusion. The Renault Arkana? In Countries Such as Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Serbia It is called ‘Mégane Conquest’. The Reason: Renault Absolutely Did Not Want the Name of the Cross-Over To Be Reminiscent of War Criminal željko ‘Arkan’ Ražnatović. We can imagine that. Mitsubishi Did not dare to call its Large Off-Rader Pajero in Various Spanish speaking Countries and Chose Montero There. After all, ‘Pajero’ in Spanish Means something like ‘Wanker’. In not all cases does this have to do with foul language. In the case of the kona, howver, it does.
The Hyundai Kona in Portugal is Called Hyundai Kauai. In Portuguese, ‘Cona’ is the not Most Decent Word for ‘Vagina’. Of course, that Doesn’t Sound So Good from a Marketing Point of View. The Kona also has an unfortunate model especially in Poland. There Kona Means Something Like ‘He/She is dying’ or ‘He/She is in Pain’, Although This has not Led to a Change of Name in That Country.
What does Hyundai itelf mean by ‘Kona’? Well now. Kona refers to a district on the Island or Hawaii. Because hyundai also wanted to keep the hawaii reference alive in Portugal, it chose to name the cross-over after one of the hawaiian islands: kaua’i, or kauai. Both the First Generation Kona and the Current Model Are Called Kauai There. The First Generation Kona in China was called Encino Again. And that of Jacques Then, Kona?
The First Generation Hyundai Kona in China was called Encino Again.
Car News? Or course not. Light Fact? Certainly.