Stupidest car name?

ottostreet

Inspired by the Ricky Gervais/Bill Bailey sketch (I cant remember which!), what is the worst name for a car you've ever heard?

I think the Skoda Superb is a terrible name. I know they're apparently decent cars and I must admit I dont know much about them, but I just think its a terrible name.
Volkswagon Lupo as well. Lupo brings lupine to mind, and the Lupo is anything but wolf-like!
Daihatsu Charade & Suzuki Ignis...theyre just random words!

x in the city

daf daffodil

as clough might say, it would be up there in the top one...

http://www.namac.nl/model%202007/cat%201/Cat1%20143%20Norev%20Daf%20Daffodil.jpg

tossy

Even though i drive one VW Bora.Bora is a stupid name they should have never dropped the Jetta.

Other notables would be any Kia,Daewoo or hyuandai (apart from coupe as it is a coupe)

Run_to_da_hills

Renault Kangoo
Mazda Bongo Frendee
Nissan Cedric
VW Tourareg (Tow Rag)

colm_mcm

tossy wrote: »

hyuandai (apart from coupe as it is a coupe)

Except it's a hatchback....

Henry Ford III

Daihatsu Applause or Mitsubishi Carisma

SV

Any companies that can't come up with names and just use numbers... lazy!

Peugeot, BMW, Mercedes, Audi.....etc

dirtyburgersauc

Tata Nano

Max Headroom

SV wrote: »

Any companies that can't come up with names and just use numbers... lazy!

Peugeot, BMW, Mercedes, Audi.....etc

Peugeot Singlemum...206

BMW X-CIVIC...........M3

Enright

vauxhall NOVA

Nova means dosent go in spanish, wonde why it didnt sell in spanish speaking countries!

colm_mcm

Enright wrote: »

vauxhall NOVA

Nova means dosent go in spanish, wonde why it didnt sell in spanish speaking countries!

And how many countries do GM sell Vauxhall in????

Silent Partner

Two recent Nissan additions for me;

QASHQAI - apparently taken from nomadic Iranian tribe

TIIDA - Japanese for wave, I believe

Saab Ed

Daewoo Chairman :eek:

joolsveer

Fiat Ritmo
VW Rabbit

Saab Ed

Ssangyong Korando......Apperently its a kinda shortened word play for Korea Can Do !!!!......What exactly would be my question. should have called it the Korandoite

spank_inferno

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

VW Tourareg (Tow Rag)

Aha but there is a logic to the Toureg

The Tureg are an African tribe living in the Sahara desert, across countries like Algeria & Mali

They are a hardy folk, living where they do so I guess VW wanted to use that name to convey the ruggedness of their car.

Ironicaly though almost all Touregs in Ireland have little more to deal with than the curbs of south dublin roads.

Anyway.... The Skoda "Superb" seems a pretty dumb name.
might as well have the BMW "good drive and you'll look more important in it"

-=Shamrock=-

Saab Ed wrote: »

Daewoo Chairman :eek:

That is a shocker alright :O

Zonda999

Chevrolet Citation
:pac:

Gran Hermano

Pajero.

The Mitsubishi w@nker

Mr.David

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Pajero.

The Mitsubishi w@nker

Then there was the BIGHORN editions......in case anyone was in doubt that the guy behind the wheel was a c0ck anyway!

Saab Ed

Mr.David wrote: »

Then there was the BIGHORN editions......in case anyone was in doubt that the guy behind the wheel was a c0ck anyway!

Bighorns were Troopers not Pajeros

pablosd

Hyundai Matrix, it has nothing to do with the movie and its ugly
Toyota Auris, really gay name for corolla successor

Mr.David

Hyundai atoz.......or A to Z?

Kia c'eed - eh what?

Nissan Sunny - the only bright thing about the car was its name

Ford Ka.....or K, A

Daihatsu Charade - it truly was a charade

And my personal favourite......the FORD PROBE.......the Ford Anal Examination......what were they thinking?!

Mr.David

Saab Ed wrote: »

Bighorns were Troopers not Pajeros

My apologies, I should have known that. Not like i've never had one :P

Heroditas

Renault Twingo

The "Twingo" name is a portmanteau derived from the words "Twist", "Swing" and "Tango"

James Jeans

Kia Sportage....

That's not even a word...

Saab Ed

I WIN :eek:

Mitsubishi Super Great FP-R Ultra-Economical Motorway Tractor

Saab Ed

James Jeans wrote: »

Kia Sportage....

That's not even a word...

Its not even a proper car

Mr.David

How about....

The Isuzu Mysterious Utility Wizard?

Or.....


Toyota Estima Lucida G Luxury Joyful Canopy?

Or....


Geely PU Rural Nanny???

af_thefragile

Lotus Evora
Alfa Mito
Toyota IQ

on the other hand
Skoda Roomster is a brilliant name!!

Saab Ed

Nissan Fairlady Z......... like WTF

Iron Hide

The Nissan Qashqai has to be a shoe-in for this...
Or the Ssangyong Musso
Or the VW Lupo
or my personal favourite, Lancia Delta HF Integrale 16v Evoluzione, not stupid but imagine trying to fit that on a road tax form!!

Best name has to be the Lamborghini Countach (WHOAA!)

rgunning

Enright wrote: »

vauxhall NOVA

Nova means dosent go in spanish, wonde why it didnt sell in spanish speaking countries!

Nope, that's a urban legend, I'm afraid.

guerito

Mitsubishi Starion

It's like they wanted to imply the power and sleek beauty of a racehorse, but they said it with a Japanese accent...

mullingar

Seat Alhambra

Sounds like: "Ham in a bra"

DanGerMus

Nissan Silvia, should have been Siliva.

VolvoMan

I have a strong dislike for the Alfa MiTo name as well as the car. The Peugeot Partner Tepee is probably the most diabolical name of a car on sale though.

maidhc

rgunning wrote: »

Nope, that's a urban legend, I'm afraid.

Really? My spanish is crap, but...

Vamos...NoVamos...Nova??

I think most car names a stupid to be honest. Focus, Avensis, Primera, Tino.... all silly names made up by marketeers.


The americans do it propertly with names like:
Trans-Am
Charger
Mustang
Taurus
Prowler
Barracuda
Corvette

All proper names!

SpodoKamodo

Wagon R+

Why you'd name a car 'Wagon' is anyones guess. Also was there a Wagon R, before car design was perfected with the R+?

Saab Ed

Dont forget the Suzuki Life In A New Age......for the love of God

mamakevf

Ford Fiesta
Isuzu Mu
VW Golf

mike65

VW Rabbit - Golf mk 1 and 5 in the states

Mazda Bongo Friendee

rain on

af_thefragile wrote: »

on the other hand
Skoda Roomster is a brilliant name!!

That's a terrible name! It actually makes me annoyed just thinking about it :mad:
Golf and Polo are terrible names for cars too IMO. Lupo doesn't annoy me for some reason. Vectra and Astra are probably my favourite car names. I like saying them. Vectra!

tommmy1979

Toyota Enima :pac::pac:

They're japanese imports.. the japanese are obviously not familiar with the word enema :o

Mr Benevolent

Polo. Is it a horse/mint/car hybrid?
Passat. Sounds like some sort of paintbrush.
Golf. Gentleman Only Ladies Forbidden?

You're far safer with a number imo.

SEAT have it right, names of cities work well... at least Spanish cities. Can you imagine what the SEAT Dublin would look like?

Berty

Ahem.

KA :eek:

Saab Ed

Confab wrote: »

SEAT have it right, names of cities work well... at least Spanish cities. Can you imagine what the SEAT Dublin would look like?

Well it wouldnt look very nice, be too expensive and full of skangers :eek:....In keeping with all Seats really


only joking ....Im a Dub

ottostreet

Berty wrote: »

Ahem.

KA :eek:

But its called a ka cos it is a ka!

+1 on the fairlady...terrible name!

Most of the german manufacturers have boring names, but logical!
ie. BMW 318 BMW 3-Series, 1.8 engine...

More stupid names:
Suzuki Cappacino
Kia Picanto.

I don't know what they mean, but they're terrible.

Traumadoc

Mitsubushi Pajero

I believe it refers to w*nker in Spanish.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Pajero

robdig

toyota picnic......enough said!!!

bazz26

I think Nissan cornered the market on daft names for cars:

Cherry,
Sunny,
Bluebird,
Stanza,
Silvia,
March,
Sentra,
Cube.