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Post by Desktop Hoggy on May 24, 2010 20:48:54 GMT
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/10135873.stmFrench carmaker Renault is facing a backlash over plans to christen a new model Zoe.
Parisian Zoe Renault, 23, has hired lawyers to insist that Renault scrap its branding.
"I could not bear to hear: 'Zoe's broken down' or 'We need to get Zoe overhauled'," she told Le Parisien newspaper.
Renault is facing other petitions from women called Zoe. A Renault spokesman said Zoe was not a "definitive choice".
The all-electric Renault Zoe ZE (zero emission) is set for launch in 2012. Zoe - which means "life" in Greek - was apparently chosen to underline the car's environmental credentials.
Zoe Renault - who has no apparent family link to the company - said in an interview with Le Parisien that she could not bear to be associated with a car for the rest of her life, and all the inevitable sarcastic gibes.
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Post by Desktop Hoggy on May 24, 2010 20:56:02 GMT
Surely with having a surname the same as car manufacturer, she must've got teased at least once in her life. Folk have full names or a part of a name, which comes with teasing yet harmless fun on the main.
Having to hire a lawyer to stop this is bad enough, but threatening with court action on the basis of being teased is purely ridiculous. If she doesn't like it, then change her name by deed poll.
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Post by arover on May 25, 2010 14:31:13 GMT
No.
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Post by Bismarck on May 25, 2010 19:51:01 GMT
Load of tosh if you ask me...The English rugby international Austin Healey shares his name with a sports car from the '60s. I don't know if it's coincidence or deliberate choice by his parents!
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Post by Stealth on May 27, 2010 13:55:00 GMT
Andy Warhol & fifteen minutes of fame spring to mind.
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