CarlLaFong Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Dual-Ghia, nobody was dueling:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Rolls Canardly. Rolls down one hill, canardly get up the next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bill K. Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Datsun "Sunny Excellent" has to take the cake for me. Apparently the Japanese liked how that sounded, as it was only used on the home-market cars, from what I understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Datsun "Sunny Excellent" has to take the cake for me. Apparently the Japanese liked how that sounded, as it was only used on the home-market cars, from what I understand.I mentioned Sunny in thread 57. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bill K. Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 I mentioned Sunny in thread 57.Sorry, didn't see that. I'll say Invicta Black Prince, in that case. Someone mentioned Invicta, but not specifically the Black Prince (1946-1949). What a name for a car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahebron Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Rapier Lagonda Rapier Talbot Rapier Sunbeam Rapier and probably a few more Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Someone mentioned the Apperson Jackrabbit but who remembers the Apperson Big Dick, the most awesomely named performance car of all time? A Name You'll Never Forget Most Powerful Brass Era Car, pre-1916 1907-1908 Apperson Big Dick, 96hp For those with $15,000 to spend, Apperson would put their race engine in a 50hp Jackrabbit runabout to create the Big Dick. A 96hp racing runabout, the Big Dick actually had the highest advertised horsepower in an American automobile through 1914. It had open exhaust and a 6 1/4-inch bore and 5 1/2-inch stroke, for 675-cu.in. Amazingly, the company sold 15 of them, and that in the face of competition from Locomobile's own $15,000 short stroke 990.1-cu.in., 90hp Cup Racer (the factory claimed 120hp for the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup car upon which it was based). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheezestaak2000 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 here's one i often ponder. because of various corporate buy outs, the marquee " American", once owned by rambler, is now the property of Fiat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepher Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 A Short and sweet. 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Man Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Apperson Jack Rabbit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 A friend's Apperson Jackrabbit.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Man Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Blue Streak Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erichill Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Ferrari Superfast. No mincing of words here. Direct and to the piont Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalowed Bill Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 I hope this doesn't get too far afield. Years ago my frustration with the way some car manufacturers named their models led me to do some research and to come to some conclusions. Most car companies used descriptive terms, like Big Six, Special Six and Super Six may have been descriptive when they were newer, but IMHO these had no personality, or soul. Some of the terminology is simply baffling, eighty years since they were new. Pierce Arrow, IMO, did a particularly poor job during the late 20's and 30's. There was simply no continuity, and questionable logical descriptive terminology used. Some other observations: Rolls Royce should be noted for being way ahead of the curve-The Silver Ghost in 1909, fabulous name. The Phantom-from 1925 has continued for almost 100 years. In 1927 Studebaker may have been the first American car to see the benefit of naming their models as a marketing aid. For the forty years after the names President, Land Cruiser, Commander and Champion, were first used, the names were still used in the same order, to denote model hierarchy. If I'm wrong I would appreciate any corrections. It wasn't until the 30's that most US car companies began the naming process. No matter how men name their own cars, cutesy feminine names like La Femme, Cricket and Fairlady don't aid in selling cars. With the exception of the Beatle. Car manufacturers have moved model names, within there model hierarchy, far too often. They have also discontinued too many names, which had come to mean something to the buying public. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buick35 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 How about a Humber Super Snipe? I saw one for sale a year ago and almost bought it for the name.Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepher Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 32 minutes ago, Buffalowed Bill said: Pierce Arrow, IMO, did a particularly poor job during the late 20's and 30's. There was simply no continuity, and questionable logical descriptive terminology used. You're right, Pierce did a horrible job with their model names. But they were always a very conservative manufacturer that maybe they didn't want a flashy name associated with the car? I can't answer that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Studillac, Twenty Grand, and Catera Touring Sedan Coupe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Firedome Special (Desoto) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 I will never be able to fathom how any company could market a car named KIA here in America, when every serviceman from the war of independence til today, knows it as the acronym for Killed In Action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Dobbin Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 (edited) 3 more, The Porsche Speedster, The Cadillac Eldorado Biaritz and at the other end of the spectrum, The Plymouth Duster. Edited December 19, 2019 by Paul Dobbin Bold the model name (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC38dls Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Big Boy. Describes the Hudson pickup perfectly! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 On 9/27/2012 at 2:04 PM, Bill K. said: Sorry, didn't see that. I'll say Invicta Black Prince, in that case. Someone mentioned Invicta, but not specifically the Black Prince (1946-1949). What a name for a car! And park it next to an Alvis Grey Lady in your garage, and see if you have Leyland Tiger Cub between them the next morning!! Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Frazee Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 American Bantam MG Midget Jordan Playboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Frazee Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Chrysler Crossfire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Frazee Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Worst names: Nissan Versa Scion Cube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Frazee Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Worst name for a motor home: Intruder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHuDWah Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 19 hours ago, GregLaR said: I will never be able to fathom how any company could market a car named KIA here in America, when every serviceman from the war of independence til today, knows it as the acronym for Killed In Action. I know what the acronym means but I somehow never made the connection with the car name. In Korean, it means "To rise from Asia". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 A 1954 Motor Trend showed a photo of a Flying Feather, along with some other cars from Japan with the comment, "Detroit has Nothing to Fear." http://theoldmotor.com/?p=52782 Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHuDWah Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Apologies if it's already been mentioned: Plymouth Roadking...such a great name that H-D stole it. 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 10 hours ago, Roger Frazee said: Worst name for a motor home: Intruder How about Bounder? If you towed a Cadillac with your Bounder motorhome you could have a Cad and a Bounder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 How about the longest: Cadillac Fleetwood 60 Special Brougham or Fiat Abarth 750 Mille Miglia Sestriere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 My all time favorite just got brought back. "Dodge Power Wagon". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Mack_CT Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Looked quickly and cannot believe the two most exciting names in the hobby have not been named yet. Stutz Bearcat & Mercer Raceabout! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zepher Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 REO Speedwagon. So good a band used the name. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knee-action Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 How about the 1950-1951 Lincoln Lido?. Legend has it that the car was named in honor of Lee Iaccoa, but Ive never seen any proof of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Luddy Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 On 9/18/2012 at 2:38 PM, Old48Truck said: I'll cast a second vote for Roadmaster. I'll third that! Add Roadmaster Riviera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Little known fact - GM's Saturn was nearly named Uranus. Until someone pointed out it could cost them the lucrative rental car market because, who would want to rent a Hertz Uranus? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 On 12/17/2019 at 10:02 PM, knee-action said: How about the 1950-1951 Lincoln Lido?. Legend has it that the car was named in honor of Lee Iaccoa, but Ive never seen any proof of that. In 1950-'51, no one at Ford knew or cared who Lee Iacocca was. He didn't come to any prominent notice at Ford until he came up with the "A '56 Ford for $56 a month' The Lido is a resort area on the Italian coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 The Lincoln people probably took a look at the Buick Riviera, Olds Holiday, and Chev Bel Air hardtops and looked around for a similar carefree resort type name for their own deluxe coupe and came up with Lido. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunsmoke Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 (edited) I don't know that any car was more legendary than the Hudson Hornet (maybe the Mormon Meteor?). I can remember as far back as the early '50's and my Dad who had always been interested in Stock Car Racing telling me about them, and how they were eating the lunch's of all the Big 3's products. The latest re-birth came in the CARS set of Disney movies , where ole "Doc Hudson" was seen passing on his racing guile to the new kid on the block. Their relatively short lived success over 3-4 years was an important period in the beginning of NASCAR as we know it. Saw a Doc Hudson clone at Hershey in 2015, quite a car. Anyone who has tried to outrun a Hornet knows how futile that is! Edited December 19, 2019 by Gunsmoke added photo and more detail (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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