Renault can name its small car the ‘Zoe’, a French judge has ruled.
The ruling was given in favour of the company following a bizarre case started by concerned parents of children named Zoe Renault.
Families argued that children who would share the same name as the car could face a lifetime of teasing and mockery.
According to a family lawyer “there’s a line between living things and inanimate objects, and that line is defined by the first name”.
“We’re telling Renault one very simple thing: first names are for humans,” he continued.
The judge, however, found no evidence that it would cause the children “certain, direct and current harm”.
The Renault Zoe ZE is set for launch in 2012, and its name, meaning ‘life’, will underline the company’s green credentials.Read more about the Renault Zoe
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Re: Renault ‘Zoe’ wins court case
Never mind naming your car after a child or vice versa, what about calling your child, Apple, like Gwyneth Paltrow, fancy going to school named after the makers of ipods and iphones....Now that will be embarrassing, but it could have been worse, it might have been microsoft, or perhaps Nokia.
Re: Renault ‘Zoe’ wins court case
Can't say I would be too bothered if Vauxhall called their new city car the Vauxhall Dave... a court case?? Really??? These people obviously lead quite sad empty lives if having a car named after them is all theyve got to worry about!!!