Silly car model names.

[obi_waynne]

What daft car names have been released by manufacturers? I guess we should be grateful they are moving away from numbers and going towards names but some of them are just so wierd.

Qashquai, Matiz, Fuego and Multiplas! Why? I guess they might mean soemthing in some languages but you've got to wonder how much thought went into these.

Which wierd car names can you think of?

 

[Twamgl3]

I think every manufacturer (that actually names cars rather than just numbers them) comes up with an awful or silly name from time to time.

The Ka, was that named to be text-speaky or after the Egyptian Pharoah, the Nigerian river, countless other things?!

I mean, Fiesta - what's that all about that's a mediterranean party, not a car! Perhaps they should have called it a Siesta instead.

Escort is an art pamphlet or someone who "goes to parties" professionally. Yet that was the name for a popular rally car, through the ages.

Mondeo is supposed to be a word universally understoond to mean the world. Great.

Perhaps I'll leave Ford they're getting a bashing there!

It's easy to come up with good names though. I think "Charger" is up there. Maybe "Challenger". "Viper". "Mustang" to a lesser extent.

Wait a minute, maybe its only the American's that can come up with good car names!

Mind you there is the Lancer, that's pretty cool, and its a very unamerican car.

 

[dizz]

gotta be the skoda roomster, then again skoda's a stupid name on its own haha

 

[HDi fun]

Corsa - who ever would think that the Nova replacement needed to be coarser.

 

[steve09]

perodua kalisa

 

[claymore]

nissan cedric, nissan sylvia and i believe the mitsubishi starion was ment to be the mitsubishi stallion, as it was ment for the american market but when the name was said in japan it was mis-pronounced.

 

[Massive]

fiat panda WTH! lotus elise? daewoo? (i)KIA

say a kia picanto today OMG FUGLY!

 

[Hansi]

There is the VW Bora. It does not come out right in Icelandic because it is a word over the thing you sit on(and I'm not talking about a chair:toung

 

[Hayley1]

cinquecento, seicecento, sure theres loads more out there.

 

[HDi fun]

Anything with a number for a name. Peugeot and BMW comne to mind. But then Ferrari had a 308 years ago, Wonder how Peugeot managed to 'borrow' that?

All the old Fiats: 127, 128, 131, 132 etc.

Older Renaults: 4,5,6,9,11,14,16,18,20,25,30 etc.

Saabs: 9x or 9xx

Skoda: 105, 130

Perhaps Bentley 8 is forgiveable.

 

[pgarner]

There is the VW Bora. It does not come out right in Icelandic because it is a word over the thing you sit on(and I'm not talking about a chair:toung

Ohhhhhh my cars a toilet then is it hansi

 

[obi_waynne]

Steady there PG - it could be a LawnMower or Sledge?

 

[HDi fun]

What the .... does Passat mean?

 

[Prince]

Ohhhhhh my cars a toilet then is it hansi

He could also mean ass

 

[IanTribal]

my first car was a "Singer Chamois". It was an old "E" reg car, 1966. Wish I had it now they're worth quite a bit of pennies now!

 

[pgarner]

He could also mean ass

Not helping prince

Ian - its a shame that most old cars that are still on good running order a worth a fair bit

 

[Prince]

Not helping prince

Ian - its a shame that most old cars that are still on good running order a worth a fair bit

My bad...what I actually meant to say was cushion!

 

[adz253]

mistibushi pajero in spanish is actually a mistibushi w@nk3r

 

[Twamgl3]

What the .... does Passat mean?

It's a type of wind. Or a type of trade ship named after the wind.

Scirocco is also a wind.

 

[Hansi]

Ohhhhhh my cars a toilet then is it hansi

noo, it's more like a part of you, it's your ****hole

 

[pgarner]

Ohh god thats worse
time to sell it i think

 

[Hansi]

heheh don't worry, I tink it's only Icelanders who know this meaning of the name.

 

[speed culture]

hehe'

hyabusa

 

[obi_waynne]

Thats a bike isn't it? Don't get me started on silly bike names.....

 

[speed culture]

haha
id love to hear that...
go on