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!
Comments
BMW. Breaking my wallet
Tesla. Turning electricity sporty, ludicrous acceleration
VXR - violent xenophobic racists
The funny thing is, rwb in it’s actual german form is both misspelled and grammatically wrong, only directly translated to english it sort of makes sense :D
TRD = take ricers drugs
BMW - Big Money Waste
You could buy a 320d GT for the price of two high-spec CRVs. Same goes to Motorrad. And I haven’t mentioned maintenance yet…
Forgot one more thing…
BMW - Brain Merely Working
I thought BMW stood for bitches, moaners and whiners or black mans willy
Thought someone had posted
VRS: Very Rude Skoda
Eyyyy I actually made it!
You forgot one: Pontiac= Poor old niga thinks it’s a Cadillac