12 Car Acronyms Given Alternative Meanings
We've all come up with our own meanings behind well-known car acronyms, haven't we? In the interests of lightening the mood, we asked you to come up with your own hilarious explanations - here are the results!
BMW = Blinkers Mean What?
Suggested by jamjax
RWB = Really Wide Booty
Suggested by TurboLagPP
Actually stands for Rauh-Welt Begriff, in case you were wondering, which translates from German to something like ‘Rough World Concept’. We prefer this CTzen’s explanation, though…
GMC = Give Me Cheeseburgers
Suggested by Andrew G.
Golf GTI = Golf Turns Interesting
Suggested by The Stig's German Cousin
TRD - Toyota Ricing Department
Suggested by The F12 of Maranello
HSV = Hilariously Slow Vehicle
Suggested by IndianCarGuy99
One the Ford Falcon fans might enjoy…
MSO - Mr Shmee's Obsession
Suggested by VroomVroom
VTEC = Very Technical Emissions Control
Suggested by mr.slowly
It sort of is!
STI = Speed Transmitted Infection
Suggested by Andrew G.
Civic SI = Slightly Impaired
Suggested by V-Dub 4 Life
When compared to the Type R…
Golf GTE = Golf Turns Electric
Suggested by IndianCarGuy99
He’s half right!
AMG = "Ah, Mein Gott!"
Suggested by TheMindGarage
To see the original community question, click here. And if you have another suggestion, make sure you put it in the comments below!
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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Very
Tall
Eengine
Coolant
HSV = HomoS*xual Vehicle
FIAT: First In Any Trouble
Shemee one make me laugh so hard 👌👌
FIAT
Fix
It
Again
Tomorrow
Fiat: Fix It Again, Tony!
There was a stupid acronym made up when I was in middle school for BMW. It was Be My Wife. So I found out when I was having a conversation with some guys and said ‘I really like BMW.’ they broke out in laughter and I face palmed for their stupidity.
Škoda 1.2 HTP - Hideous Three Pistons
Suped
Up
Bad
Ass
Rally
Unit
We’ve got a lot of such stuff in my poor country:
4example for BMW:
Będziesz Miał Wydatki (you’ll have expences)
Będziesz Miał Wypadek (you’ll have an accident)
Bolid Młodzieży Wiejskiej (young redneck’s racecar)
Bryka Młodego Więźnia (young prisoner’s ride)
Bardzo Majętny Wieśniak (really wealthy redneck)
Bryka Musi Warczeć (ride must roar)
Bardzo Mądry Wybór (very wise choice)
some others:
TDI- Tera dopiero idzie! (now it goes!)
LPG- Lepszy Power Gamoniu (better power you moron)
now finally some in a normal language:
Bandit Motor Wagen
Bald Mein Wagen.
sry 4 waisting ur time to read this