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This Subaru Forester's name isn't so family-friendly


A customized version of the Subaru Forester was on display at the 2020 Singapore Motor Show. But what got people on YouTube talking wasn't the SUV's design, color or any of its features.

It was all about the not-so-family-friendly name.

If you blink, you may not realize that the Forester Ultimate Customised Kit Special edition's acronym is basically the F-bomb. An online video of the display makes the not-so-family-friendly name appear intentional.

A 44-second YouTube video posted on Thursday shows the bright blue SUV with red stripes parked at the center of a branded display on a showroom floor. It's clear almost from the start that the vehicle sits low to the ground, and bright green calipers become visible a little later. 

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As the videographer gets closer to the vehicle, you can make out that the first letter of the words Forester, Ultimate, Customised, Kit and Special are capitalized, while the "e" in edition is lowercased. 

Not only that, but there is also red stitching on the front seats that appears to spell out STI. 

The U.S. division of Subaru said the company had nothing to do with the naming scheme, and that the name was decided by an independent distributor. A company called Motor Image Group is the sole distributor of Subaru Vehicles in nine countries in Asia, including Singapore. 

The YouTube video had been viewed 48,000 times as of Friday. 

As one viewer in the comments section on YouTube pointed out, Tesla also has a cheeky way of naming its vehicles. The EV maker's Model S, 3, X and Y spell out the word "sexy."

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