Seldenguy Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Rusty, Somewhere in Europe the name Mustang was copyrighted? anyway unusable. The european Mustangs were designated "T5". A military man here brought one back with him after his tour of duty.---Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbirdman Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 What about Pontiac Chieftain, Indian Motorcycle, MG Midget. Jeep Cherokee, Hummer, Navajo, Suburu Brat, Swinger, New Yorker, Samuri, beaver, Black crow,Tsunami? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reatta Man Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 (edited) Detroit mistakes with car names are long and legend. For example, why in the world would AMC name a new car a Gremlin, which was WWII slang for problems?Why would Lincoln abandon the name Continental for their Euro-trash, meaningless names, such as MKZ, MKS, when the name Continental had ties back to nearly every president since JFK? (By the way, know who thought the name 'Continental' wasn't so useless after Lincoln threw it away? BENTLEY!) Just go Google 'Bentley Continental' and see what comes up. And, of course, finally, the whiz kids at GM that have been throwing away every name with heritage for years, including Park Avenue, Lesabre, Regal, Caprice, Deville, Seville, BelAir, and more, for the latest meaningless name, such as Lumina, Traverse, Uplander, and many more? If Ford hadn't been selling revised Mustangs and Dodge hadn't made a splash with the Challenger and Charger, wonder if the Camaro would have been called......(fill in the blank).Joe Edited January 11, 2010 by Rawja (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweepspear Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 What politically incorrect names can you think of, let's start off the list with Dictator, Wasp, Imperial, and in the South Lincoln and Rebel.Studebaker Scotsman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starfireelvis Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 I saw a logo of the old REO vehicles (i.e., the company founded by Ransom E. Olds following his departure from Oldsmobile) actually called "RIO" for those vehicles sold in Spanish-speaking countries. Apparently, "REO" in Spanish refers to a convict or offender, whereas "RIO" is merely the Spanish word for 'River". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nancy DeWitt Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Ford Probe always gave me the shivers. I would never buy a car with a name like that in a million years. It would be perfect for a proctologist, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boblichty Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 I can't think of any car more appropriately named than the English "Rover"....bow wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 How about the Humber Super Snipe, the Scott Flying Squirrel and the Sopwith Camel? All English products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcarfudd Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 I believe the Sopwith Camel (WWI fighter plane) got its name from the hump between the engine and the cockpit. There was also a Sopwith Snipe aircraft, long before the Humber Super Snipe car. I presume both were named for the game bird, ignoring the other meanings of a long-beaked eel or a contemptible person.Gil Fitzhugh, Morristown, NJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reatta Man Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 While the car is pretty decent, I can't think of a worse modern name than the 'Prius." In a world going crazy over the 'green' movement, and with Toyota using other northwestern names (Tacoma, Tundra) names, I would think "Evergreen' would have been the perfect name for the Prius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketraider Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 "Evergreen" does not rhyme with "pious".I don't get a lot of newer Asian car names. I understand they're computer-selected to be soothing and inoffensive. The names are as bland and uninspiring as the cars themselves, so I guess they're named appropriately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Maybe we need a new term to go with oxymoron, the shudabin. No Va is a "shudabin". as is Toro Nado. One I have always though appropriate was my Pontiac TranSport.The funniest was a series of Pontiac Firebirds around 1977 with color keyed Formula wheels: The RedBird, YellowBird, and SkyBird (they could not use BlueBird because a certain coach manufacturer had the name trademarked). Most lucrative for someone else was the Trans AM - the SCCA receives a royalty for each one sold.Longest name on a short car I know of is the FIAT ABARTH Bialbero Serie II 1000.and then there is the Boston-Beany Sprout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reatta Man Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 I always smile every time I see an Avalanche. I can just hear the discussion in the GM board room now: "OK, guys, what do you think about naming a truck after a monster, out-of-control snow slide that goes down the side of a mountain, killing people and destroying buildings? Sounds good to me......"Maybe next we will get the Mudslide, the Hurricane, the Sunami, and the Rock Slide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave@Moon Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 While the car is pretty decent, I can't think of a worse modern name than the 'Prius." In a world going crazy over the 'green' movement, and with Toyota using other northwestern names (Tacoma, Tundra) names, I would think "Evergreen' would have been the perfect name for the Prius.Unlike most of the gobbledy-gook names that Asian manufacturers have come up with in the last 30 years, Prius is actually a word. It's latin for antecedent, or "one who comes before". I frankly can't think of a better name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave@Moon Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 How about the Humber Super Snipe, the Scott Flying Squirrel and the Sopwith Camel? All English products.What do you expect?? Aston Martin's racing cars were called Nimrods for crying out loud!Nimrod Racing Automobiles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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