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I'll kick off with a couple of the obvious ones:
Jensen Interceptor
Aston Martin Volante
Delorean
Nissan Cedric FTW!
Mazda bongo 😆
dave is a good car name
Renault Megane - Purely becuase induces thoughts of cheap plastic, unreliable electrics and French indifference.
Ever noticed how the coolest names rarely have cars that live up to it?
Hillman had the Hunter and the Avenger. Who wouldn't want to drive an Avenger?! (Anyone who saw it, that's who)
The tradition continues to this day, only with fast-sounding names. The slowest cars on the road are invariably ones with names like "Swift." I blame the Allegro.
The Ford Probe. Gives a good indication of who might be driving one.
In fact, I'm going to adopt that as a new term of abuse. You Probe!! 😀
I always liked Bentley Flying Spur and Rolls Royce Phantom. 'Superveloce' and 'Superleggera' are pretty cool suffixes, too.
Subaru Impreza is memorably awful.
Mitsubishi Starion 😉
Roomster
Lancia Fulvia
Cougar - I think its the same naming principle that applies to caravans. Hence them ending up being called Explorer and Crusader
Lancia Fulvia
...which from a distance looks like 'vulva'.
You'd be a knob to drive one
Gayest.
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batmobile
Nova, no va! (doesn't go)
That Japanese trio: Naked, Dunk and Joy. But above all the Mazda LaPuta (again think spanish).
Ther's another couple that are funny but I've forgottn them. I'll Google if they don't come to me in the next five minutes.
Honda Jazz
Only because it was originally launched as the Honda Fitta, until they realised fitta means fanny in Swedish and Norwegian.
Honda FireBlade.
Shureley the coolest bike is a tr-icicle
Mitsubishi Pajero - always makes me laugh. Wonder how many drivers know the slang meaning of the name 😆
Didn't the Pinto become the Punto, because "pinto" is slang for "small penis" in Mexico or some such? Or is that just an urban myth?
Ssayaong Rexton makes me chuckle.
[Beavis and Butthead voice]
On One Pompino...hurrr...hurrr.....hurrr.
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Honda FireBlade.
Bikes get the best names. Hayabusa sounds like a weapon you'd use to kill someone (ha, irony). It's "Peregrine Falcon" in Japanese too, just in case it wasn't already cool enough.
Renault Fuego.
Opel Ascona (as cona is portuguese for "the c**t")
I used to call my old shogun wilbur. 😀
The Toyota MR2 was called the MR in France.
This was to avoid it being called the Toyota [i]em air deux[/i]. I like that one!
Pagani Zonda
Lamborghini Murcielago
Honda Deauville.
This was to avoid it being called the Toyota em air deux.
Took me a moment to spot where you were going with that, but that's fantastic.
Citoën DS, déesse. Nice rather than funny.
No good, I'm going to have to Google for the Rolls Royce one.
Rolls Royce Silver Mist (think German).
Skoda Felatio
Hyundai Pony
Kia (no) Pride
i second the mitsubishi starion,
meant as a homage to the italian starion sly starrone
Opel Ascona (as cona is portuguese for "the c**t")
Brilliant I used own one of these and never knew 🙂
Best of all, as I read this I guffawed just as I was taken off hold on the phone 🙂
Clio Ti RS
because of its anagrammatic possibilities
Honda FireBlade.
If bikes are included - Yamaha Thundercat, Kawasaki ZX-9R Ninja
Cougar - MemberHonda FireBlade.
Bikes get the best names. Hayabusa sounds like a weapon you'd use to kill someone (ha, irony). It's "Peregrine Falcon" in Japanese too, just in case it wasn't already cool enough.
It was designed as a Blackbird killer as well - as the Honda Blackbird was the fastest bike before the Hayabusa.
So "our hayabusa eats your blackbird for breakfast"
I don't know about coolest - but the Rover Streetwise must be the most ironic.
It was designed as a Blackbird killer as well
Didn't know that, but it doesn't surprise me.
the Honda Blackbird was the fastest bike before the Hayabusa.
That I knew. Wasn't the Blackbird's claim to fame that it was the first double-ton capable road bike? Or am I misremembering?
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Cleo above and Megane are girls names which caused some strop in France when the cars were launched. the new Zoé (zero emmisions) resulted in a court case as the girls called Zoé (another Greek godess) tried to dtop Renault using the name.
My car's called [b]"yyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaa' ba**ard.....!!"[/b] As its cost me 2k in 6 months, coil pack, gear box and clutch, crank sensor, 2 new tyres, fuel filter..... in fact its almost a new car.
Oh and its got a dint in the door from were I kicked it the last time it broke down 1 mile from the garage after picking it up!!
as the girls called Zoé (another Greek godess) tried to dtop Renault using the name.
The girl in question is called Zoe Renault - so kind of understandable.
Mrs. S is called Marina btw - cool name, NOT a cool car.
Maserati Ghibli - that's pi55 poor isn't it?
Quattroporte sounds cool but it just means Maserati Four door
What next - Maserati Uncofano....
Izuzu Bighorn, Mitsubishi Warrior 😆
Voisin Saloit Roadster;
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Of course if you go back to the brit bike era.....
The Fracis Barnet Fulmar
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There was also a Plover and a Golden Plover
and of course the scott squirrel
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Maserati Ghibli
There's a Studio Ghibli which makes anime movies. Seems "Ghibli" means "Sirocco."
Hmm.
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Fulvia...made up surely, sounds like lady bits!! 😀
Mitsubishi Charisma...
Totally lacked it iirc.
Volvo.
volvo = 'I roll' in Latin.
The symbol = chemical sign for iron
= Rolling Iron
Totally OT but you can't say beer can without it sounding like bacon with a Jamaican twang!
Totally OT but you can't say beer can without it sounding like bacon with a Jamaican twang!
How about Herriot Watt University in similar accent.
Mitsubishi Pajero - always makes me laugh. Wonder how many drivers know the slang meaning of the name
You'd be surprised by how many are driven in Spain, where you'd think they'd know better.
Ford Curtain.
Vauxhall Nogo.
I always liked De Tomaso Pantera as a car name, sounds much better than it looks tho.
I'd go with the 'De Tomaso Pantera'.
Bonus: it looks as good as it sounds.
Hehe. One man's poison, etc., etc.
Always though it looked a bit like a kit car meself.
Chevrolet corvette is pretty cool.
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Yeah, coz they have been doing quite a bit of urban cruising in Japan lately!
KIA Soul sounds a bit like key arsehole....
Scirrocco is a named wind that blows somewhere on earth, I forget where, as is Passat.
Golf and Polo are games.
So what's a Jetta or a Bora?
EDIT: Bora is another wind, Jetta isn't anything, and Eos and Phaeton are from greek mythology, so there.
Personally I like the simplicity of Citroen's range.
Datsun Cherry.
Nissan Sunny.
Ford Fiesta- a car named after a porn mag ftw! 😀
Mind you, in Spain, there is a whole city named after one of Dagenham's Finest:
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[i]Golf and Polo are games.[/i]
The Golf was named after the German for Gulf Stream (golfstrom)
Mitsubishi [url= http://dictionary.reverso.net/spanish-english/pajero ]Pajero[/url].
Well as it's a bike forum so it's got to be the:
Westfield XTR2
Oh right. And there's me thinking it was to match up with Polo..
Polo was named after the holey mint (which to be fair is a bit better than a minty hole)
De Tomaso Mangusta (great looking car) = Mongoose = Cobra killer = a tilt at Ford (and quite possibly at Carroll Shelby!)
Ferrari GTO Evocation
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[url= http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1658545_1657686_1657662,00.html ]Horsey Horseless?[/url]
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americans do car names very well...
Ford Thunderbird
Pontiac Firebird
Cadillac Coupe DeVille
Ford Mustang
Dodge Viper
Dodge Charger
Chevrolet Camaro
Robbed from Times Online
1 Yamaha Pantryboy Supreme
2 Isuzu Mysterious Utility Wizard
3 Isuzu GIGA 20 Light Dump
4= Honda Life Dunk
4= Vougrafo Bimbo
5 Suzuki Every Joy Pop Turbo
6 Daihatsu Naked
7= Bognor Diva
7= Isuzu Big Horn
8 Mazda Bongo
My mate had an Isuzu Bighorn and up near us is a place that converts Bongos into campervans.
americans do car names very well...
Ford Thunderbird
Pontiac Firebird
Cadillac Coupe DeVille
Ford Mustang
Dodge Viper
Dodge Charger
Chevrolet Camaro
You forgot Plymouth Fury, the 66 was a monster, especially the seven and a half litre option!
kind of related to Don Simon's Vauxhall Nogo, an American car name that didn't do very well:
Chevrolet Nova
an American small car aimed at the Mexican market; shame nobody did the research to find out what "no va" means in Spanish.
I understand the Toyota MR2 didn't sell very well in France for similar reasons...
Disappointed Ford never had the balls to call the SportKa the KaSi. It would have gone like stink...
Love the Nissan S Cargo, the name suits it so well.
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Nissan Pulsar. Cool name and a very good car.
[i]Chevrolet Nova
an American small car aimed at the Mexican market; shame nobody did the research to find out what "no va" means in Spanish.[/i]
complete bollards I'm afraid, (same as the Vauxhall Story)
No Va does mean Doesn't go in Spanish, but it's two words, not one as the car name. Strange how GM executives could produce a whole range of spanish language manuals but not do research on a name? Oh, and it made no difference to sales of the car in Mexico.
Just one of those stories.