Just heard Steve Vizard on MTR (local radio) going on about how Toyota introduced a car called the Starion and how it was named. So I rang the station and corrected him. Now the world knows a little more about Mitsubishi, how Starion is a mix of star and orion and how they are great cars ..... when they run :)
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:11 am
by TOMSUN
I've called radio stations, but never got through... Good work..
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:01 am
by JDSTAZ45
Well done Al! You tell 'em like it is. I hope you got to tell them that Starion is not a mispronunciation of 'Stallion' by the Jap's!!
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 6:00 pm
by NXTIME
Well...I find it weird that items relating to "stallion" come up with those relating to "Starion" when I use the Japanese characters for Starion (スタリオン) in web searches...???
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:30 am
by dirtygalant
that's because the sound and letter 'l' doesn't exist in the Japanese language and is substituted with an 'r'. For instance, my name in Japanese is 'Piripu.
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 5:28 pm
by thrash
LOL
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 12:04 am
by Nosaki Faki
Might as well throw some fuel on the fire since someone has bought it up again.
This debate could go for ever. Both sides have a good argument especially since mitsubishi had both a horse theme and a space theme going on at the time.
I guess we will never know.
Check out the starion logo at 23 seconds :D
Nosaki prepares for barrage!!
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 12:44 am
by jk
Have seen that advert before, never noticed the horse logo though.
This urban myth couldn't be more apt for a Starion in my opinion, both just hilarious :D
Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 9:34 am
by Alspos
*runs out to get SUPER POTENTIAL stickers made up*
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Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 4:21 pm
by NachoMan
More like 'Misspelling the myth'
:)
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 5:03 pm
by Komeuppance
Haha, I have a SUPER POTENTIAL shirt. BIG letters on the back, and the horse logo on the front.
-Robert
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 6:22 pm
by NXTIME
I am of the firm belief that it was always meant to be STARION.
Perhaps we should have a poll?
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 5:23 pm
by thrash
the poll should include "i don't care" so that I can cast an honest vote.
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:13 pm
by Orion
Starion is part of the colt family, and was marketed in the UK as such... I've seen pics of Starion with the colt badge... as for the sounding spacey theme... it was the 80's... Magna, Cordia, Starwagon... Fords Lazer, Meteor and so on.
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 12:09 am
by enthuzed
And everything mentioned there is a pretty much a hunk of shit. None of them from the early 80s belong on this planet!
+1 re thrash's comment.
Rob, where can we get those SP tees from?
You got a pic you can put up please...