Gene Brink Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Driving home from work a couple of days ago and was looking at the tailgate of a Toyota Tacoma and found myself wondering how many different marques and/or models have/had city names. Here are some I came up with (and I know there are tons I've missed) – can you add to the list?</SPAN>Bristol – Bristol</SPAN>Checker – Manhattan</SPAN>Chevy – Malibu, Biscayne, Monte Carlo</SPAN>Dodge – Newport, Aspen, Monaco</SPAN>Kia – Santa Fe, Sedona</SPAN>Mercury – Monterey, Milan</SPAN>Muntz – Hollywood (seems to me other marques used this one)</SPAN>Plymouth - Sundance</SPAN>Pontiac – Pontiac</SPAN>Toyota – Tacoma, Avalon</SPAN>Suppose one could come up with a number of variations on this – whimsical names (Scamp & Bluebird come to mind quickly), places (Catalina, Yukon), jobs (Matador, Mountaineer), animals (lots of these), etc.</SPAN>I've got to get the radio fixed so I have something else to do when driving...:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rob McDonald Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Hmm... I can't think of any Buick named for a city. Riviera is a region and Somerset is an English county. There's a Century City in California but that might have been named for the car. Both the car and the mountain were named in honour of Rainier beer. Okay, there's Lucerne but I cheated by using Google, so that doesn't count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checker Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 For Checker do you mean Marathon? Not sure what a Checker Manhattan is. Sounds like a good drink to me though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38Buick 80C Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 (edited) Ferrari - Daytona, Modena, Maranello, MonzaDodge - DaytonaChevy - MonzaChrysler - Sebring Edited September 14, 2012 by 38Buick 80C added some more (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38Buick 80C Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Hmm... I can't think of any Buick named for a city. Riviera is a region and Somerset is an English county. There's a Century City in California but that might have been named for the car. Both the car and the mountain were named in honour of Rainier beer. Okay, there's Lucerne but I cheated by using Google, so that doesn't count.What about Verano, IT?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhigdog Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 We have a town here in PA named Intercourse. Any takers?.........................Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTX5467 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Kaiser Manhattan?Buick -- Electra (near-TX panhandle, conicidentally)Chevy -- BelAir (California), Monza, Vega (TX panhandle, coincidentally)Chrysler -- Newport, Saratoga, Windsor, CordobaImperial -- SouthhamptonPlymouth -- Cranbrook, Cambridge, BelvedereCadillac -- Seville, CalaisFord -- Granada, Fairlane (for Fair Lane Estate, Ford Family), FairmontOldsmobile -- Calais (version of Cutlass)Pontiac -- Bonneville, LeMans, VenturaPackard -- CaribbeanSome might be a little "iffy",but others aren't.Just some recollections . . .NTX5467 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTX5467 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 (Verono's Italian Restaurante . . . "Some spicy meatballs"!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhigdog Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 We have a town here in PA named Intercourse. Any takers?.........................BobIt could be offered with an optional straight eight.......................Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wildcat465 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 More trucks.Chevy - Cheyenne, Silverado, KodiakDodge - DurangoFord - Well, maybe not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buick5563 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 It could be offered with an optional straight eight.......................BobDing Ding Ding...We have a winner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave@Moon Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Hmm... I can't think of any Buick named for a city. La Crosse, Wisconsin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaSomerset is an English county.Somerset, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia , a prominent rest area/interchange on the PA Turnpike on way to Hershey from the west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave@Moon Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 More trucks.Fargo Trucks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 (edited) Bantam Hollywood-Hollywood Ca.Graham Hollywood-Hollywood Ca.Bentley- Bentley Ks.Overland - Overland Mo.Austin- Austin Tx.Chrysler Thunderbolt- Thunderbolt Ga.Pontiac Phoenix- Phoenix Az. & Or.Pontiac Catalina- Catalina Az.Cadillac- Cadillac Mi.Cadillac De Ville- De Ville La.Cadillac Eldorado- Eldorado Ark.Lincoln- Lincoln Ne.KDF- KDF or Strength through joy car- Strength through Joy city./// KDF is now called the VW Type 1 or Beetle and KDF Stadt is now called Wolfsburg. Morris-Morris Ill.Riley-Riley Ks.Frazer- Frazer Mi.Frazer- Manhattan Ny.Lincoln Capri- city of Capri ItalyMercury Monterrey- Monterrey Ca. Monterrey Mex.Mercury Montclair- Montclair Ca.Dodge Aspin- Aspin Co.Plymouth Westchester- Westchester Ny, Ca.Plymouth Savoy-Savoy Tx.Cadillac LaSalle- LaSalle Mi.Ford Crestline- Crestline Ca.Ford Tudor- Tudor Ny.Ford Victoria- Victoria Tx.,Mn.,Ks.Hudson-Hudson Oh., Wi.Nash- LaFayette- LaFayette Ca., La., In.Nash Landau- Landau a city ( Rhineland-Platinate ) Germany Studebaker Champion - Champion Wi.Mercedes- Mercedes Tx. Edited September 14, 2012 by helfen (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxBuicks Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 There is a town called Electra, TX, just west of Wichita Falls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Brink Posted September 14, 2012 Author Share Posted September 14, 2012 Hmm... I can't think of any Buick named for a city. Riviera is a region and Somerset is an English county. There's a Century City in California but that might have been named for the car. Both the car and the mountain were named in honour of Rainier beer. Okay, there's Lucerne but I cheated by using Google, so that doesn't count.Ouch! A Buick no less... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Brink Posted September 14, 2012 Author Share Posted September 14, 2012 For Checker do you mean Marathon? Not sure what a Checker Manhattan is. Sounds like a good drink to me though.[/QUOT(As NTX noted) I meant Kaiser Manhattan. Boy getting old is fun.Saw a Suzuki Reno on the way to work this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Plymouth- Plymouth EnglandPlymouth Sapporo- Sapporo JapanFord Mustang- Mustang OK.Ford Torino- Torino Ital.Oldsmobile Omega- Omega GA.AMC Matador- Matador TX.Hillman- Hillman MI.Toyota Corona- Corona CA.Volkswagen Dasher- Dasher GA.Buick Opollo- Opollo PA.Opel Manta- Manta EcuadorToyota Carina- Carina AustraliaLincoln Versailles- Versailles France, MI.Porsche Carrara- Carrara ItalyPorsche Cayenne- Cayenne French GuyanaFord Fairmont- Fairmont MN.Plymouth Horizon- Horizon TX.Bradley- Bradley Ca., Ill.Devin- Devin BulgariaPowell- Powell WY., OH.Oakland- Oakland CA.Stanley- Stanley, Faulkland IslandsSterling- Sterling KS., ILL.Winton- Winton CA., NC. , CO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ply33 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Hyundai Tucson is a relatively recent one that amuses me as when I was growing up in Tucson it was a decidedly uncool place and no one would have thought about naming anything after it. Along with Arizona place names there is a Kia Sedona.Previous poster mentioned Plymouth Belvedere but the city in Illinois is spelled differently.If I recall correctly, Chevrolet pickups had a Scottsdale version once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Hmm... I can't think of any Buick named for a city. Riviera is a region and Somerset is an English county. There's a Century City in California but that might have been named for the car. Both the car and the mountain were named in honour of Rainier beer. Okay, there's Lucerne but I cheated by using Google, so that doesn't count. See my second list.... Buick Opollo--Opollo PA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buick5563 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 I noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buick5563 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Doesn't Sid live in Tea SD?Well then, the Model T.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centurion Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 See my second list.... Buick Opollo--Opollo PA.Except that it's Buick Apollo rather than Buick Opollo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Apollo, the Greek god of light, sun, knowledge, and others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTX5467 Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 @helfen . . . Dodge "Aspen", also used on a later Chrysler model SUV.@ply33 . . . we thought Tucson was pretty neat when we stayed there one night, especially after touring "Old Tuscon" and seeing the same hills we'd seen on many westerns shot in that area . . . we were there in 1963. "Scottsdale" was the mid-line trim on Chevy pickups from '73 until the 1980s, with "Silverado" first being a trim level and later becoming the model name for C/K Chevy trucks in the later 1990s.Plymouth . . . BelmontDodge . . . MeadowbrookChevy . . . DelRay upscale trim option for 210 models, then its own modelChevy . . . Colorado (smaller pickup truck)Toy___ . . . Avalon (CA and NJ)Just some thoughts,NTX5467 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhigdog Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Any one want to explore the possibilities of another PA town?................. Blue Ball.......................Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buick5563 Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Any one want to explore the possibilities of another PA town?................. Blue Ball.......................BobGoogle maps show a few Amish towns with racy names. I've stopped at both of your suggested towns for photo-ops. Yes, my sense of humor is juvenile. Sue me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTX5467 Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Any one want to explore the possibilities of another PA town?................. Blue Ball.......................BobIs that where Ball State (university) might be? Political orientations?Enjoy!NTX5467 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wildcat465 Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 (edited) Any one want to explore the possibilities of another PA town?................. Blue Ball.......................BobCan't be very close to Intercourse, right?[ATTACH=CONFIG]153775[/ATTACH] Edited September 15, 2012 by wildcat465 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38Buick 80C Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 Can't be very close to Intercourse, right?[ATTACH=CONFIG]153775[/ATTACH]It is where you have to stop when you can't make it to Intercourse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ply33 Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Surprised that Chevy Malibu, Chevy/GMC Tahoe and Chevy/GMC Silverado haven't been listed yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarFreak Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Ann Arbor (MI) Auburn (IN)Jackson (MI) Flint (MI) Hudson (MI) Kalamazoo (MI) Detroit Electric (MI) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarFreak Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Can't forget Franklin (MI) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Surprised that Chevy Malibu, Chevy/GMC Tahoe and Chevy/GMC Silverado haven't been listed yet. Malibu was on the very first post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTX5467 Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Anybody mention Durant (OK) yet? Although it's really named after Mr. Durant himself.NTX5467 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buick5563 Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 So we are listing a bunch of names of cities that have the same name as cars, but we're they actually named after those cities? Seems like some of these names are more coincidental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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