Brand names that have become common words - eviltoast
  • FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    Well thanks for the name I see rarely mostly on the freeway and every time I see it I’m like “there’s no way a bad guy doesn’t have a convoy of these”

    I would have never in a million years guessed the name is g wagon tho

    • accideath@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Well, the official name is G-Class (or G-Klasse in German). G-Wagen is a colloquial name. Wagen means vehicle in German, btw., where the G-Class isn’t known as G-Wagen at all.

      The G is short for Geländewagen (off road vehicle) btw., so calling it G-Wagen is kinda like calling it an ATM-Machine.