-
Subaru made a car called the Subaru FU*KS, and here’s how the name could have been even dirtier
投稿日 2020年1月13日 11:00:59 (ニュース)
-
続・お知らせ。海外セレブゴシップ&ニュース
-
お知らせ
-
We spot the legendary dekotora Aki Kannon, dedicated to actress and singer Aki Yashiro
-
New Pokémon GU collaboration dresses all the family, including babies for the first time
-
How do European Cup Noodles taste to a Japanese palate?
-
We’ve been doing it wrong – Japanese genius shows us how we should all be making sandwiches【Pics】
-
The future is now with full face sunglasses
-
Natto-infused ramen is a thing — we tried it, we love it【Taste test】
-
Jellyfish and Halloween in perfect harmony at Sumida Aquarium event
-
Japanese toilet paper collection opens our minds as we open our butts
-
Aomori police on the lookout for man shouting unsolicited advice at kids about dating and ramen
-
Former Arashi members Sho Sakurai and Masaki Aiba get married… Wait, that didn’t come out right
-
Creator of Japan’s longest-running manga, Golgo 13, passes away, leaves fans one last gift
-
Crazy cheap cosplay at Daiso? How to transform into Dragon Ball’s Vegeta at the discount shop
-
7 Halloween-themed afternoon teas you won’t want to miss this year
-
Krispy Kreme Japan creates doughnut burgers that are a meal and two desserts all in one【Photos】
-
Get in the damn drift car, Shinji? Evangelion Tomika toy brings D1 machine home in miniature form
-
Demon Slayer Nichiren Blades ready for new duty: Slicing through your sweets as dessert knives
-
Man in Japan arrested for breaking into ex-girlfriend’s apartment to steal her Nintendo Switch
-
The Japanese Internet chooses the top too-sexy-for-their-own-good male voices in anime
-
First-ever Studio Ghibli x Russell Athletic range pays homage to My Neighbour Totoro
-
Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan announces first expansion with new Donkey Kong area
-
Cup Noodle pouch satisfies our never-ending need for instant ramen
-
Retro Japanese train is our new favourite office space
-
How do Japanese fans feel about Netflix’s live-action Cowboy Bebop opening sequence?
-
We try Uniqlo coffee at first-ever cafe inside Ginza flagship store
-
The number of elderly people in Japan this year has yet again smashed multiple records
-
Mr. Sato broadens his home drinking horizons at Kaldi【Japan’s Best Home Senbero】
-
We try Japanese Twitter’s newest trend the Penguin Egg, end up hatching something very disturbing
-
Takoyaki makers surprisingly good at grilling meat for yakiniku too
Sponsored Link
A car that makes us think drivers should use protection, and we’re not talking about seat belts.
Subaru isn’t Japan’s biggest carmaker, but it’s carved out a clear niche for itself thanks to its rally racing and off-roading heritage. In its marketing, the company regularly reminds car buyers that Subarus like to play in the mud, slide on gravel, and simply just get dirty…and now that even extends to the name of its newest car.
At last weekend’s Singapore Motorshow, Subaru was showing off its newly redesigned Forester GT SUV, pictured above. But since the new Forester GT had already made its world debut a month earlier at the Taipei International Auto Show, Subaru wanted to give the Singapore show an extra-special Forester, and so it created the Forester Ultimate Customised Kit Special edition.
Long name, huh? But don’t worry, because Subaru Forester Ultimate Customised Kit Special makes for an easy-to-remember, hard-to-say-in-polite-conversation acronym: Subaru FUCKS.
The new Subaru Forester F.U.C.K.S edition is… something https://t.co/vLcAijFLQM
—
laberge (@labergee) January 09, 2020
Granted, this wouldn’t be the first time for a Japanese company’s marketing team to be inadvertently sticking their foot in their filthy mouths. McDonald’s Japan is currently boasting about the Adult Cream Pies coming to the chain’s menu, and we still haven’t forgotten about Fukushima Corporation’s adorable mascot Fukuppy. There’s also the fact that the concept of profanity is often hard for native Japanese-speakers to grasp, which is why we’ve seen tourist-friendly signs warning that if you use a Japanese-style toilet incorrectly “you are gonna fall down on shit.”
Sponsored Link
But what makes the Subaru FUCKS very different is that it was created specifically for a car show in Singapore, a country where English is an official, widely spoken language. Also, notice that the car’s name is Subaru Forester Ultimate Customised Kit Special edition, with “edition” pointedly uncapitalized, meaning it should be left out of any acronym, and also that each of the capitalized letters printed on the floor in front of the car is in bold font, with FUCKS all but slapping you in the face. All that makes it a little harder to believe that the car’s name is just an innocent mistake.
The Forester Ultimate Customised Kit Special, which is currently a concept car, seems to be a cosmetically modified model, with no significant performance upgrades compared to the more chastely named Forester trim levels. Among its most eye-catching styling cues are the stripes that run from the sides of the hood up to the base of the A pillars and along the bottom of the side windows, which are in the shade of pink used by Subaru’s motorsports division, Subaru Tecnica International, also known as…
STI, a term that a lot of people also use to mean “sexually transmitted infection.”
So really, Subaru Singapore showed considerable restraint by not calling the car the Subaru FUCKS with STI, but should you ever had a chance to ride in it, you should probably get yourself tested afterwards.
Source: Gadget Tsuhin via Hachima Kiko, Autoblog
Top image: Subaru
Insert images: Wikipedia/718 Bot
● Want to hear about SoraNews24’s latest articles as soon as they’re published? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
Source: SORA NEWS24
Sponsored Link
最新情報