November 2, 2007...1:45 pm

From the Reventon to the Cee’d: the Unpronounceables

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Viewers of Top Gear would have witnessed the jet fighter-inspired Lamborghini Reventon on Sunday’s show.

It sparked a debate with Jeremy Clarkson claiming the ‘v’ in Reventon is pronounced as a ‘b’ – making it Re-bent-on.

After speaking to Lamborghini yesterday, we can confirm Jezza was right.

This got us thinking – there are quite a few cars with names differently to what you would normally think.

Here’s a couple:

Kia Cee’d – Seed

Lamborghini Gallardo – guy-ar-do

Ford Ka – Ka, Car or Kay-ay?

And then there’s the old favourite – Porsche. I’ve witnessed some fierce debates down the pub on how you pronounce the Stuttgart-based brand.

Some people say ‘Porsh’, others the more German ‘Porsh-a’.

There are too many for us to name which is why we want your help!

If you can think of a good one leave a comment below.

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  • Bill
    November 2, 2007 at 3:52 pm

    Lada

  • Sam Tana
    November 2, 2007 at 4:57 pm

    Seat…

    As for Porsche, it’s pronounced “Pork-ah”.

  • Jackie
    December 25, 2007 at 7:24 am

    Porsche is properly pronounced “por-shuh” because it is a German family name. If you want it anglicized to “poorsh”, go ahead; but it is highly frowned upon Porsche enthusiasts.

    And the Lamborghini Reventón is properly pronounced “reh-ben-tohn” in Spanish.

    Here’s another one:
    the Lamborghini Murciélago — it is “moor-see-EH-lah-goh”, accent on the e (hence the accent mark). I’ve heard simply egregious pronunciations like “mer-chee-uh-LOG-oh” or “mercy-el-LAW-go”. People just glance over the accent mark and pretend it doesn’t exist.

  • Jon
    April 2, 2008 at 2:08 pm

    What about the koenigsegg??? Cone - ig (as in pig) - segg (like peg)

  • Kia
    April 3, 2008 at 4:35 pm

    I thought “Kia Cee’d – Seed” was fairly obvious?!

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