The Best Car Names Ever!

MKSixer · 04-23-2021, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Mingwan

Ford Probe. Gives me a boner every time I hear that name.

But seriously, enjoy car names before they’re reduced to numbers and letters like some calculator.

Presenting the all new Mercedes EQS 350 AWD AMG GT 48v S

You forgot the S. Please be more accurate with your descriptions in the future.

chassis · 04-23-2021, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by MKSixer

You forgot the S. Please be more accurate with your descriptions in the future.

Ah yes, the EQSs. The best or nothing.

Darth One · 04-23-2021, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by zx10guy

Buick LaCrosse....at least for the Canadians in Quebec

"That's because LaCrosse is slang in Quebec for pleasuring yourself."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/gm-faces-car...ndrum-1.775246

Would work well with selling the Mitsubishi Pajero in Spanish speaking countries

Tambohamilton · 04-24-2021, 02:23 AM

Haha, I was going to mention that

stein_325i · 04-24-2021, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Darth One

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Originally Posted by zx10guy

Buick LaCrosse....at least for the Canadians in Quebec

"That's because LaCrosse is slang in Quebec for pleasuring yourself."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/gm-faces-car...ndrum-1.775246

Would work well with selling the Mitsubishi Pajero in Spanish speaking countries

And then apparently etron, which is close to Audi's E-Tron, in France, is the word for 💩

shadowfax · 04-24-2021, 12:40 PM

AMC Gremlin

GuidoK · 04-24-2021, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Tambohamilton

In the UK it became the 'fox', and now the 'up'. I still refer to them as lupos, as do a number of folk I know.

Yes I know. Although I think the fox was quite a bit bigger (longer). And made in brazil.
So the fox was imo more of an successor pricewise than sizewise. The fox also shared it platform with the polo, wheras the lupo and Up have their own tiny platform (lupo's platform was shared with the seat arosa and the Up's platform is of course shared with the citygo and Mii)

I also think the Lupo is the coolest one, certainly looking at the era it was sold in. Also back then available with tiny turbodiesels.

Tambohamilton · 04-24-2021, 04:47 PM

Ah, I wasn't aware of the fox differences. Lupo FTW

Law · 04-24-2021, 05:00 PM

Pretty good list so far. I'll add that a lot of the JDM nameplates or performance variants have/had pretty cool names. Some favorites:
Honda ____ Type R
Prince/Nissan Skyline / Skyline GT-R
Nissan Fairlady Z
Toyota Century

Nearly every Italian name rolls off the tongue.
They can name something "Spazzatura" (English: Garbage) and it would still sound cool to non-Italian speakers.
But just the fact that there's a word for "a stable of race horses" makes Scuderia in the 430 Scuderia a favorite out of the Italian car names.

And of course, it's hard to dismiss the crowd favorites BMW M1, M3, M5, M6- a letter M for Motorsport and a number for the Series designation, simple, no fluff, looks great as a badge and even sounds kind of masculine, lots of history & pedigree too.

syd34 · 04-24-2021, 11:16 PM

Here are some I can think of. Some may have already been mentioned:

Dodge Viper
Ford Raptor
GMC Typhoon
Challenger/Charger
Bentley Flying Spur

Of course the M3/4/5.

Efthreeoh · 04-25-2021, 03:23 AM

Torino

BOSS 302

FatRear08 · 04-25-2021, 11:46 AM

Taycan. I hate EV’s, but this one could sway me.

MKSixer · 04-25-2021, 06:48 PM

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Taycan. I hate EV’s, but this one could sway me.

I like the new Audi that is debuting soon. Sooooooo sleeeeeeeeeek!

racerbruce · 04-25-2021, 06:56 PM

Ferrari Aperta
Lamborghini Aventador
Lotus Exige
Corvette Sting-Ray

M5Rick · 04-25-2021, 07:04 PM

Mustang Mach 1

FatRear08 · 04-25-2021, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by MKSixer

I like the new Audi that is debuting soon. Sooooooo sleeeeeeeeeek!

I agree. That may interest me as well once I see it.

AlexFL · 04-25-2021, 10:50 PM

Lancia Delta Integrale Evoluzione - always wanted to drive one

Tambohamilton · 04-26-2021, 04:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

Torino

BOSS 302

Get off my lawn

GuidoK · 04-26-2021, 06:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Law

But just the fact that there's a word for "a stable of race horses" makes Scuderia in the 430 Scuderia a favorite out of the Italian car names.

It's strange that english doesn't have a word for that as both dutch and german (the other west germanic sisterlanguages to english) both have a word for that.

syd34 · 04-26-2021, 08:13 AM

A couple more to add to my original list:

Rolls Royce Silver Shadow
Toyota Land Cruiser

Murf993 · 04-26-2021, 08:23 AM

AMC Javelin,
Plymouth Baracuda
Chev el Camino

Law · 04-26-2021, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Law

But just the fact that there's a word for "a stable of race horses" makes Scuderia in the 430 Scuderia a favorite out of the Italian car names.

It's strange that english doesn't have a word for that as both dutch and german (the other west germanic sisterlanguages to english) both have a word for that.

That's interesting.
What are the Dutch & German equivalents?

I'm wondering if there might be an old, dated, or archaic cognate in English that exists but is unused or means something entirely different.

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