First Buick is into "self pleasure"...now it's milk?

It was funny when Buick named one of it's first major new cars after something that brings back thoughts of ackward teenage moments...but now they rename the succesor to the best selling car in their lineup after Safeway's milk brand? Lexus didn't get where it is by naming it's cars after masterbation and milk.

Are there not Safeway's in Detroit? Seriously, how did Lucerne make it through marketing and clinics without someone bringing this up.

Overall I hate the trend of ditching old car names. While LeSabre was tired, I would have loved to see this car names something from Buicks past. I think "Electra" would have been pretty cool to be honest.

Anyway...just a simple rant.

I hope they don't dump Park Ave. That is a good name, very classy.

It was funny when Buick named one of it's first major new cars after something that brings back thoughts of ackward teenage moments...but now they rename the succesor to the best selling car in their lineup after Safeway's milk brand? Lexus didn't get where it is by naming it's cars after masterbation and milk.

Are there not Safeway's in Detroit? Seriously, how did Lucerne make it through marketing and clinics without someone bringing this up.

Overall I hate the trend of ditching old car names. While LeSabre was tired, I would have loved to see this car names something from Buicks past. I think "Electra" would have been pretty cool to be honest.

Anyway...just a simple rant.

Electra would have been cool, the name would flow well with current direction. When I think of Electra, I think of a nice, beautifull and sleek American sedan, that packs some power under the hood too. :)

I never heard of the masterbaution name, what model are you reffering to?(or am I just way too young to get your reference)


I think Electra 225(pronounced duce and a quarter) would have been a great name. Either that or Wildcat.

I never heard of the masterbaution name, what model are you reffering to?(or am I just way too young to get your reference)
LaCrosse ;)

I never heard of the masterbaution name, what model are you reffering to?(or am I just way too young to get your reference)

I honestly don't think anyone outside of Quebec would have made the connection with LaCrosse all by themselves, except that it got picked up by the media. It's a French slang.

Lucerne is a city in Switzerland. Never having seen the milk, I think the name sounds properly upscale and conservative.

No Safeways in Detroit. I had never heard of "Lucerne" milk until Buick decided to go with that name.

Electra would have been cool, the name would flow well with current direction. When I think of Electra, I think of a nice, beautifull and sleek American sedan, that packs some power under the hood too. :)
When I think of Electra, I think of a beautifull and sleek American Jennifer Garner, who also packs some power under the hood too. :)

Or was that Elektra :p

I honestly don't think anyone outside of Quebec would have made the connection with LaCrosse all by themselves, except that it got picked up by the media. It's a French slang.

Lucerne is a city in Switzerland. Never having seen the milk, I think the name sounds properly upscale and conservative.

Well, "Terraza" is a type of concrete floor that's typically found in older commerical buildings.

Well, "Terraza" is a type of concrete floor that's typically found in older commerical buildings.

I think you mean terrazo.

Okay, for the record:

1. Lacrosse=whacking off

2. Lucrene=milk

3. Terrazza=a cool type of floor


I think we need to send all of the marketing people at Buick over to Toyota so they can wreak their destruction over there too.

Maybe Buick is in cahoots w/ the Swiss travel authority, since this is where most Buick drivers would like to visit.....

http://www.lucerneguide.ch/

Lacrosse is a cool name, it only means something dirty to those silly french canadians.

I think we need to send all of the marketing people at Buick over to Toyota so they can wreak their destruction over there too.

Toyota seems perfectly capable of coming up with real-sounding made-up lame names on their own:

Solara, Camry, Corolla, Prius.

"Camaro" is the bestest made-up name for a car in the history of cars EVAR. :bow:


"Friend".... hehehehe....

The correlation you have explained on both names will probably NEVER register to 99% of the people who are purchasing these vehicles.

Lucerne does NOT remind me of milk...Dean's does :)

Never heard of the LaCrosse thing either... :confused:

I've never heard of Safeway/Lucerne milk.

Never heard of the LaCrosse thing either... :confused:

It's a French thing.

You're not foo-foo enough to understand.

Lacrosse is a cool name, it only means something dirty to those silly french canadians.
Bah....their going to be extinct soon anyway, mine as well ignore their language since it'll cease to exist with them.

Camaro is not a made up name; it's French for friend.

Camaro is not a made up name; it's French for friend.

Uh huh...

http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/FR-ENG.sh?word=camaro

http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/ENG-FR.sh?word=friend

http://fr.wordreference.com/fr/Translation.asp?enfr=friend&v=b

Uh huh...

http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/FR-ENG.sh?word=camaro

http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/ENG-FR.sh?word=friend

http://fr.wordreference.com/fr/Translation.asp?enfr=friend&v=b


Hahaha....

I think it is a slang term...least thats the story some tell.

No offense to the Canadians , but damn .....in the USA , those 2 names arent gonna be interepted into their canadian meanings or products . Never in my life , until on this site , did I know LaCrosse meant spankin it . And , I have never heard of Lucurne milk , and never would have had it not been for the this site .

Its not even the point of that Luceren being the name of a dairy company...the point is who the f*ck knows what company makes there milk? When was the last time you looked down at the gallon of milk and saw the name? All I know is that it has a red cap, thats it.

When I think of Electra, I think of a beautifull and sleek American Jennifer Garner, who also packs some power under the hood too. :)

Or was that Elektra :p

Oh yes. Oh very yes. Tall, Good looking, and extremely smart. Whats not to like?

The fact that she isnt Angelina Jolie?

On the post though, I have never heard the slang term for Lacross, and I've never heard of the milk brand. Makes no mind to me.

Uh huh...

http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/FR-ENG.sh?word=camaro

http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/ENG-FR.sh?word=friend

http://fr.wordreference.com/fr/Translation.asp?enfr=friend&v=b

Hm, I must be mistaken, I thought I read it on here once. Pardon me then? :confused:

Hm, I must be mistaken, I thought I read it on here once. Pardon me then? :confused:

No biggy bro, it's been a running joke around the Camaro for years.