It makes me feel like this isn't trying to fool westerners, but rather other asians/Chinese.

Yeah that's just bad luck - most German companies (Siemens, Bosch, Opel, Thyssen-Krupp, Daimler etc. etc.) are named after people, but they picked Volkswagen, one of the few that isn't...

Bit disappointed their US headquarters weren't at General Edison Motors Plaza.