Most inappropriately named shite car

[EyesWeldedShut]

I had a brief ownership of a Mitsubishi SpaceWagon.
Space was not at a premium.

Not a bad motor tbh - served a purpose - and you could put two kids in the boot so that the in-laws in the middle seats ran interference - ideal.

Bit like this

[SEATMad]

The Daewoo Tacuma "Xtra Cool" 

[666jjp]

Skoda Superb

[lesapandre]

Studebaker Dictator (name dropped after 1937 not surprisingly)

[catsinthewelder]

Ford EcoSport

For a car thats less efficient and slower than a Fiesta as well as being fuck ugly.

[timolloyd]

This applies to many cars with Sport in their name. 

[ProgRocker]

Nissan Bluebird Premium. 

[catsinthewelder]

15 minutes ago, timolloyd said:

This applies to many cars with Sport in their name. 

It's the Eco bit that particularly grates.

[Lacquer Peel]

3 minutes ago, catsinthewelder said:

It's the Eco bit that particularly grates.

Bit of green-washing to sell your shit car. 

[Rocket88]

Ford Capri Laser….

Laser is a precision instrument….. not a description suitable for any Capri…..ever.

[406V6]

Following on the theme of badly named Volkswagens, who wants to drive something with Toe rag  (*) on the badge ?

 

(*) I may have spelt it wrong

[Sham]

Picasso Desire.

What do I win?

[Lacquer Peel]

I had a P10 Primera diesel Circuit  edition complete with wee chequered flag decals. 74bhp. 

[GeordieInExile]

13 hours ago, 666jjp said:

Skoda Superb

These are superb at what they do though!

[EyesWeldedShut]

1 minute ago, GeordieInExile said:

These are superb at what they do though!

My wife thinks they should have been called the Skoda Hubris, Superb is just asking for fun to be poked?

[Metal Guru]

1 hour ago, EyesWeldedShut said:

My wife thinks they should have been called the Skoda Hubris, Superb is just asking for fun to be poked?

They could have sold it as the Skoda Fandabidozi in Scotland.

[quicksilver]

3 hours ago, catsinthewelder said:

It's the Eco bit that particularly grates.

Didn't they try to insist it was pronounced 'Echo-Sport' at one point? I'm sure I've heard TV/radio ads calling it that.

[catsinthewelder]

Just now, quicksilver said:

Didn't they try to insist it was pronounced 'Echo-Sport' at one point? I'm sure I've heard TV/radio ads calling it that.

So are they Echo boom engines?

[SEATMad]

1 minute ago, quicksilver said:

Didn't they try to insist it was pronounced 'Echo-Sport' at one point? I'm sure I've heard TV/radio ads calling it that.

Yeah that's how Ford wanted you to pronounce it apparently. Once upon a time I took my Grandmother to take a look at one and the dealer proper bit out heads off for pronouncing it how it's spelt. Safe to say she didn't end up in one. 

[lesapandre]

The 'you pronounce it this way' is a tired advertising and publicity trope.

BUPA like to be pronounced - boopar...

I think Hyundai tried it recently too with ads - huuundai?

All ridiculous really.

Anyway - I'm going to add Golf Bluemotion. Sounds all eco.

But you could say it's what you get if you eat crayons...

It's all bollox really... just marketing

[delux]

Kia Meningitis...

 

[Missy Charm]

23 hours ago, Rod/b said:

Honda Jazz 

Ford Fiesta

Ford Escort

Mini Mayfair

Proton Razzle

Whereas I have to make do with a Ford Soft-Focus...  

The VW Touareg isn't well named either, given the moniker's derivation from 'Tuareg' - a collection of peoples in the Middle East and Africa known, amongst other things, for mass rape, pillage, slaughter and the use of child soldiers.  

[sheffcortinacentre]

The Hyundai thing is the biggest load of bullshit going I notice it's stop being aired , so now Everyone can go back to they way it's always been prone.

The sh was always missing from the Morris ital.

I've always found it hilarious that Ital design admit they are so embarrassed by it that even they deliberately omit it from any literature on their history .

[Metal Guru]

The Bedford HA van. No one ever laughed driving one of them.

[Mrcento]

You could pretty much fill this whole thread just with Vauxhall trim levels.

Particular highlights though are

ENJOY

and

EXCITE!

Especially when paired with a 1.0 or 1.2 in a Corsa.

On 01/03/2024 at 13:05, GeordieInExile said:

Mitsubishi Charisma:-

 

True story, i know a guy that has fuck all interest in cars, him and his wife had a kid, decided to learn to drive purely for convenience of getting the baby around, he bought one of these purely because it was AN car and cheap.

He got rid of it because it was 'too grey'.

How fucking dull does a car have to be that a guy who doesn't even like cars and only wanted an A-B tool found it 'Too grey'?

Think he ended up replacing it with a Kia Rio.

[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, Mrcento said:

You could pretty much fill this whole thread just with Vauxhall trim levels.

Particular highlights though are

ENJOY

and

EXCITE!

Especially when paired with a 1.0 or 1.2 in a Corsa.

True story, i know a guy that has fuck all interest in cars, him and his wife had a kid, decided to learn to drive purely for convenience of getting the baby around, he bought one of these purely because it was AN car and cheap.

He got rid of it because it was 'too grey'.

How fucking dull does a car have to be that a guy who doesn't even like cars and only wanted an A-B tool found it 'Too grey'?

Think he ended up replacing it with a Kia Rio.

I had one for a week as a hire car on holiday back in 1999. It wasn’t exactly exciting but no worse than the equivalent Escort/ Astra /306 but  not as good as a Golf or Rover 200/400.

Certainly way better than a Kia Rio.

[dozeydustman]

On 03/03/2024 at 00:20, Metal Guru said:

The Bedford HA van. No one ever laughed driving one of them.

My dad and his workmates loved hooning their HA around Trafalgar Square making it backfire to scare the pigeons. Being employees of GPO Telephones/Tittish Bellycom your phone bill money was wisely spent.

[dozeydustman]

Isuzu Bighorn.

Austin Allegro SS. Apparently it meant ‘super sports’. Allegros weren’t bad cars but certainly not sporty.

Many 1970s de Luxe trims normally meant base model. Fine if well specced but often meant rubber flooring and one external mirror.

[EyesWeldedShut]

6 minutes ago, dozeydustman said:

Many 1970s de Luxe trims normally meant base model. Fine if well specced but often meant rubber flooring and one external mirror.

I had a 1978 Escort GL (in 1983) - as far as I could see that got me a  clock and a radio over the L model. A mate had a Ghia (whoo) and he had a radio/cassette with push button tuning plus some extra bling like chromed door mirror. Neither had a passenger side mirror and the rear seat fabric rotted across the top where the sun struck it on both. Luxury!

[Metal Guru]

3 hours ago, dozeydustman said:

Isuzu Bighorn.

Austin Allegro SS. Apparently it meant ‘super sports’. Allegros weren’t bad cars but certainly not sporty.

Many 1970s de Luxe trims normally meant base model. Fine if well specced but often meant rubber flooring and one external mirror.

Allegro means fast in Italian, so it’s doubly named badly.