According to Snopes,
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Mitsubishi mistakenly named a model of car 'Starion' instead of 'Stallion' due to Japanese pronunciation difficulties.
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-- was determined to be "a statement of undetermined or ambiguous veracity" as opposed to a "false statment"
Which reminded me of a "lost in translation" story I heard recently: That old 80's game, Donkey Kong, was named so because of the miscommunication between the marketers and the programmers, whose intention was for it to be called, "Monkey Kong".
Regardless of their basis in fact, these little bits of humor have some entertainment value after all.
