Best/Worst/Weirdest Car Names?

[Uncle Jimmy]

I always make a point of referring to 'Toyota Racing Development' as TURD.

As much as any name itself it's the level of self importance which requires piss take.

[Uncle Jimmy]

Can't believe Fords Cougar and Probe haven't cropped up.

[cms206]

The Daihatsu Fellow always seemed quite charming, certainly much more PC than the Daihatsu Midget.

[Parky]

Fiat Strada. Really? Fiat Road is the best you can come up with?

[mercrocker]

Well it was probably deemed better than Ritmo which sounds like a Papal sex edict

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Mercedes Also

[Negative Creep]

I have read through and have not noticed anyone mention the Lancia White Hen yet or have I missed it?

 

 

You know, despite driving this around for a month and reading the Honest John review (where he says people will think of you as one) I never actually made the connection

[twosmoke300]

Can't believe Fords Cougar and Probe haven't cropped up.

Or the new Ford Pube , made from old Corsairs

 

 

Badum tish

[Negative Creep]

Isn't the alternate meaning for a Cougar somewhat newer than the actual car?

[mercrocker]

Yes, I believe so.   Unlike the Mercury Caliente, which name already meant sexually ready to go, as it were, before they named a Comet after it.

[RedSparrow]

Wartburg is pretty awful - probably cos it has 'wart' in it.

 

Has anyone said Bongo Frendee yet?

[PiperCub]

Nissan Cedric - not that funny unless you are an Aussie. A 'Cedric' is Oz-speak for a less than masculine chap (ie: a Jessie).

 

The Isuzu Big Horn still makes me laugh in a schoolboy kind of way.

 

Mitsubishi Pajero - again not funny at all unless you are from a Hispanic speaking country where it is dangerously close to the spanish word for 'Wanker'.

 

Is it just an urban myth or was there really a moped called a Yamaha Pantryboy Supreme?

[bub2006]

Just googled that piper and it was a Nissan small van not a moped, got to love Japanese names!

[PiperCub]

I stand corrected. Glad it exists though!!!!

 

I forgot a couple:

 

The Nissan/Toyota/Isuzu (one of 'em!) Mysterious Utility Wizard

&

The Mini Active Urban Sandal - a Mitsi apparantly, I had to google it to get the name right (or at least in the right order).

 

and while there, we had the Nissan Homy Super Long............      (add your own jokes here).

[Stanky]

Only amusing if you are french, but the MR2 becomes the 'Merde' which probably wasn't quite what Toyota intended...

[Uncle Jimmy]

Cougars have been around in America for years....badoom.

[inconsistant]

I internetted these from one of those list sites so they might be made up:

 

Mazda Titan Dump

 

Honda Life Dunk

 

Suzuki Every Joypop Turbo

 

Mazda Carol Me Lady

 

Geely Rural Nanny

 

Nissan Homy Super Long

 

Daihatsu Scat

 

Oh and did we have Mazda Bongo Friendee yet?

[RayMK]

Wartburg is pretty awful - probably cos it has 'wart' in it.

 

Has anyone said Bongo Frendee yet?

Avoid putting a rotary engine in a Wartburg Knight. Makes you go blind.

[HH-R]

Honda Melody Mini is quite a comedy name (or is it Mini Melody?), not so funny when there's one being razzed about the streets by YOOF with no tax, insurance or exhaust though.

[fotorabia]

I put a mattress in a Yeti yesterday..i suppose Abominable is too long...

[rml2345]

^ It's better than a woman called Elizabeth from south eastern Kenya with one.

Then you'd have Betty and her Yeti in the Serengeti.

 

 

 

Sorry.

[Guest SWFC]

Peugeot 505 STD.