Car Name Is “Unbearable” For Parisian Student.
A French women has launched a legal battle against car manufacturer Renault due to the choice of name for the companies new electric car.
Zoe Renault was enraged by the companies plans to name their first venture into renewable energy the Renault Zoe.
The Parisian students has instructed lawyers to send written correspondence to Renault insisting that the name constitutes an on her human rights.
Zoe agues that by having the same name as the car would be “unbearable”, saying:
"It would be unbearable for me to hear ‘the Zoe has broken down’, ‘we have to get the Zoe overhauled’ or ‘so and so killed themselves in a Zoe.’"
A spokesperson for Renault has said that the name was that of the concept and not definitive but also that they are committed to a memorable name for the car.