Crispian_J_Hotson Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 I was sat at some lights this morning and in my rear view mirror there was a bike behind me called an ahamay... Obviously some cheap obscure far Eastern manufacturer handing out stupid names... Who ever heard of such a thing? Some people are just plain stupid. stonedagain and twosmoke300 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRW Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Psycho Charlie Knobcheese and JeeExEll 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 The wasted names annoy me, Avenger, Spitfire , Hurricane, Hunter etc.The Hillman name brings up images of self-sufficiency, outdoors, etc. The first of the Hillman Arrow-series cars were to be named after their designers but the name for the estate model (by Roy Axe) was deemed to be too aggressive, - to be calledThe Hillman Hunter Axe. "Hillman Minx" for some reason brings up the image of a hermit transvestite living in a cave. The Reverend Bluejeans 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 VW DerbyWhy "Derby'? Why not Corby. "Oh yeah, I have a Corby". Mazda MontroseNice enough place but why not Arbroath? Cumbernauld even."Chuck us the keys to the Cumbernauld luv" has a certain ring to it.-Mazda St. Cyrus sounds exotic for a pillarless coupe. DavieW and Lacquer Peel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 I still wish Honda had made the Kia Soul. We could have had the R version, the R Soul JeeExEll, Paul Dupart and Split_Pin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 A small Audi for friendly owners who let people out at junctions. (A doomed concept). Audi Udu Supernaut, Split_Pin, somewhatfoolish and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise2cv Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 The Hillman Hunter Axe. Coolest name yet. Would buy. Lacquer Peel and JeeExEll 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 The electric version of the VW Up, also enjoyed by Yorkshiremen, the VW E-Up! (I'm not joking, it's real). somewhatfoolish, Ghosty, Tadhg Tiogar and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Dupart Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Humber Super Snipe, you wouldn't want to mess with that! Sounds like an act of violence received from a Hull docker for looking at him funny in a rough bar. Robin Reliant Robin - wouldn't have been so bad if ever said in the right order, why did folk get this one arse backwards? What about the new model to please all, whatever the gender - MG LGBT somewhatfoolish, pompei, Craig the Princess and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 BMW 325 TDS. Doesn't sound like Tedious one bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVee8 Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 The Jaguar mk1, jaguar mk2. Toyota picnic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davocano Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Has anyone ever come across seen a purple Toyota Starlet Glanza? Thought not. somewhatfoolish and Paul Dupart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Don't think officially they called them mk1 etc, think it was just Jaguar 3.8 etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Has anyone ever come across seen a purple Toyota Starlet Glanza? Thought not.Glanza sounds like something you'd get wrong with your bollocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehedgehog31 Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Seat Arosa - Sounds like a dildo. Paul Dupart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisbon_road Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 I think that the problem is that most sensible names have now been used. I worked in an industry where they got a consultant in to help name a product and came up with loads of weird stuff because anything normal had been used and was covered in someway. Like: plenty, Capri, Cresta, plenty more. Dislike: Belmont, Mokka, but really I save it all for: SPORTAGE. Ugh. Ghosty and pompei 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Equalizer Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 I always liked Defender in the same why that the Royal Navy has some absolute cracking names: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ship_names_of_the_Royal_Navy_(A)Bentley also had names that we quite fitting such as the Continental, Mulsanne and Azure. Might be something to do with me busting to own a 90s Continental R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 The Italians do have a nack of giving a car a good name - sound very Italian but (usually) easily pronounced in foreign tongues. However, like a lot of 'sexy' Italian, the translation to English is very mundane... Uno = onePunto = pointTipo = typePanda = cuddly thing which would be extinct if not for the constant attention of menStilo = stylus Velocette, Matchless, Vincent and Triumph are top names. Never could understand Standard - 'What have you got?' 'A Standard'. 'Not a De-luxe?'. No a 'Standard'. (yes I know it was meant to mean either a flag or perhaps 'meeting a (high) standard' (origins are unclear) but even back in the day it's a bit of a lacklustre name). pompei 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timolloyd Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 I like Chimera - a fire-breathing monster (unfortunate in a fibreglass car, but hey) Tamworthbay and catsinthewelder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Don't think officially they called them mk1 etc, think it was just Jaguar 3.8 etc The Mark 1 was only available as a 2.4 and 3.4Also, the word 'Mark' is always spelled out in Jaaaag lingo. #anorak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod/b Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 My nan refused to allow my grandad to buy a Metro City as she was worried people would pronounce it as one word like “atrocity”. Also refused an Orion on the basis it reminded her of Urinal. TRW, Lacquer Peel, somewhatfoolish and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 How about special editions? I always liked the Citroen C2 Cachet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleon-Fonte Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Have we decided whether it's 'Kah!', Kaaaaaaahhh or K.A. yet? Louise2cv, pompei, Craig the Princess and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleon-Fonte Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Wasn't Golf actually Gulf but the German for Gulf (the wind) is Golf hence the name? Someone then thought it would be so amazingly funny to incorperate golf balls.... probably the same type of person who is a closet fascist and thinks it's a great idea to hit silly white balls with long bats while wearing silly trousers I'm guessing. The various older VWs are mostly named after various windstreams, hence Passat (Passatwinde), Jetta (jet) and Scirocco. The Polo, however, is a play on Golf the sport - which is probably hillarious if you're a 1970s German car firm executive - whilst most of the newer VW names are based on Greek mythology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRW Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 My nan refused refused an Orion on the basis it reminded her of Urinal. four door iron was what I heard a long time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monzaE Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Annoys me when code names are used like AD016 for an 1100 and K10 for a Micra. Craig the Princess 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Special editions: Vauxhall Casa NovaNissan Micra WaveNissan Micra DotGolf Driver Missed opportunities: Mini StronieSierra NevadaCavalier AttitudeMetro PolisAstra NomicalScenic RouteCivic DutyGalaxy DefenceCharisma Bypass inconsistant, catsinthewelder, davocano and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Seat Arosa - Sounds like a dildo.I thought Arosa was a small town in Graubünden, Switzerland.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC Rebel Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Have we had Hyundai Terracan? Terrorcan? Who calls a car that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davocano Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Some more missed opportunities: Jazz MagSovereign RingsBongo FrendlessQashqai Jamiroquai And why hasn't Fiat produced a Panda with alternating black and white panels à la Polo Harlequin? Maybe they have already, I stand to be corrected. somewhatfoolish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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