Best and worst names for cars

[Nibbler]

My all time favourite name: Studebaker  Dictator! 

[Metal Guru]

MR2 was pronounced as “Merde” by the French.  
I give you the Toyota Shit.

[sheffcortinacentre]

On eBay an Italian  seller has several diecast cortinas , I presume eBay is automatically translating as titles say ford curtain ( cortina is Italian for curtain).

[ProgRocker]

Quite like some of American Motor Corporation's old model names like Javelin and even Gremlin. There were even little gremlin motifs on the car!

Gremlin was the name of the small car VW Beetle competitor when it was in development and AMC just stuck with it.

Also like Hornet too, although that was the name of a Hudson model before that company was amalgamated into AMC.

[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, ProgRocker said:

Quite like some of American Motor Corporation's old model names like Javelin and even Gremlin. There were even little gremlin motifs on the car!

Gremlin was the name of the small car VW Beetle competitor when it was in development and AMC just stuck with it.

Also like Hornet too, although that was the name of a Hudson model before that company was amalgamated into AMC.

Calling a car Gremlin is tempting fate especially back in the 60/70s.

[Rocket88]

On 12/05/2018 at 14:52, busmansholiday said:

I have always been surprised why Ford chose to name two of their cars after top shelf wank mags.

I’m not……..

[Rocket88]

On 26/11/2023 at 20:06, 808 Estate said:

Anything named after a poncy coffee is going to be shite.

Cappuccino?

[Metal Guru]

3 hours ago, Rocket88 said:

Cappuccino?

Quite appropriate name really. Looks quite good, but disappointing and over priced.

[Pieman]

Bikes have some that are impossible to remember - the worst name for me is the Honda CBR1000RR-R.

[3VOM]

I've always thought Stepway sounds like something your gran bought out of the Betterware catalogue.

[lesapandre]

Marina. So non-committal and bland.

Avanti - made by Studebaker - great name great car.

 

[Blue 850]

Fiat predicting what it would become, a 127 Rustica

[Marina door handles]

2 hours ago, Pieman said:

Bikes have some that are impossible to remember - the worst name for me is the Honda CBR1000RR-R.

Agreed but on the bike name flip side the Suzuki VanVan is just brilliant!  

[Marina door handles]

I have a real pet peeve for the Crossland and Glandland, I could accept these names if they were on a Chinese built car because of the language barrier but on a European car? If Opel really want to do the fun Germanic thing of sticking words together to make new words how about, mediumsizeslighlyuglyfamilywagon  or MittelGrößeetwashasslichfamilieauto!

Mind you it could be worse though, I spotted a Crosland that the owner had amended the badge to read Crossling 🤢

[Rightnider]

On 27/11/2023 at 13:39, Nibbler said:

My all time favourite name: Studebaker  Dictator! 

I was going to say that!!

 

Well, then it’s going to be Canyonero. 

[Richard_FM]

3 hours ago, Rightnider said:

I was going to say that!!

 

Well, then it’s going to be Canyonero. 

Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts!

[Metal Guru]

On 27/11/2023 at 12:39, Nibbler said:

My all time favourite name: Studebaker  Dictator! 

I bet Mercedes were livid someone got there first in the 30s.

[JeeExEll]

Firenza.  Ventora. Cresta.

"Get out of my way, I have a Vauxhall Magnum. I used to have a Fiat 131 but the name was too boring".

 

[Metal Guru]

32 minutes ago, JeeExEll said:

Firenza.  Ventora. Cresta.

"Get out of my way, I have a Vauxhall Magnum. I used to have a Fiat 131 but the name was too boring".

 

This should be in another thread , but the Magnum was so named because it overheated in spectacular fashion and water erupted out of the radiator like a big bottle of champagne.

[Sham]

Some bike names are awesome - Blackbird, Hornet, Himalayan, Rocket, Sportster, Bullet, Etc, Etc...

But my favourite is Hayabusa, not for the name but the trolling. Named after a falcon that hunts Blackbirds at a time when the Honda was the top dog.

But some are impossible to remember and even more impossible to differentiate between different models in the range.

I think most of the car names I've come up with are already mentioned.

[DavieW]

Not sure if it's been posted already but the Suzuki Intruder sounds a bit pervy 😮

[quicksilver]

It's sad to see how truck names have changed over the years. The old British marques had great names like Mammoth Major, Warrior and Super Mastiff that reflected their tough and dependable nature, my favourite being the superhero Guy Invincible. Nowadays it's either a string of random letters and numbers (DAF XF 105.460 FTG and MAN TGX 26.470 XXL for instance), meaningless words that look like typos (Actros and Arocs) or just plain silly like the Iveco Sway (S-Way) and Renault Thigh (T High).

[Richard_FM]

12 hours ago, quicksilver said:

It's sad to see how truck names have changed over the years. The old British marques had great names like Mammoth Major, Warrior and Super Mastiff that reflected their tough and dependable nature, my favourite being the superhero Guy Invincible. Nowadays it's either a string of random letters and numbers (DAF XF 105.460 FTG and MAN TGX 26.470 XXL for instance), meaningless words that look like typos (Actros and Arocs) or just plain silly like the Iveco Sway (S-Way) and Renault Thigh (T High).

Leyland liked to use animals for their lorries.

[Metal Guru]

Toyota BZ4X - internet password

TX1 - cryptic crossword clue:- Missing a taxi (3)

[Asimo]

Honda Element.

Really annoying because the internet can’t distinguish between this

and this

.

[quicksilver]

12 hours ago, Richard_FM said:

Leyland liked to use animals for their lorries.

They sure did, but for some reason Comet was also a long-running name among that menagerie of animals. On that basis I'll say Comet was the worst name for a Leyland truck as it's okay by itself but didn't fit the theme of the range.

[Pieman]

On 29/11/2023 at 07:01, Sham said:

But my favourite is Hayabusa, not for the name but the trolling. Named after a falcon that hunts Blackbirds at a time when the Honda was the top dog.

That's brilliant, I never knew that!

Reminds me of the De Tomaso Mangusta, which is a cool sounding name in itself - but Mangusta is the Italian word for mongoose, an animal noted for its ability to kill Cobras...

[MiniMinorMk3]

[Metal Guru]

While many are disgusted withFord’s use of the Mustang name on that EV , I don’t think we can complain if Dodge make an EV Charger.

[Rocket88]

2 hours ago, quicksilver said:

They sure did, but for some reason Comet was also a long-running name among that menagerie of animals. On that basis I'll say Comet was the worst name for a Leyland truck as it's okay by itself but didn't fit the theme of the range.

Did it crash a lot due to badly designed windows?