Cool Car Names
Carl G.
names for their automobiles (e.g., "What do you think of your Probe?").
Most of the best wild animal names have already been used, especially
"tough-sounding" names like "Barracuda", "Stingray", "Mustang", and
"Jaguar". What names would you suggest? Besides "tough-sounding" names for
muscle-cars, you might also suggest humorous names, or names that are clever
for another reason (e.g., the "Ford Everystream", the "Honda Fritz", etc.).
P. S. Does anyone know of a good web-site that lists all (most) of the
automobile names that have already been used ?
Carl G.
Mensanator
>Subject: Cool Car Names
>From: "Carl G." cgi...@microprizes.com
>Date: 5/29/2003 11:13 PM Central Standard Time
>Message-id: <bUABa.25121$Io.20...@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net>
Honda Hypothesis
Chevy Conjecture
Toyota Theorem
Infinity Integral
I think I've spent too much time reading sci.math.
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Dogstar
"Carl G." <cgi...@microprizes.com> wrote in message
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Personally, I would like to drive a "Sirius". Here are a few less "serious"
names:
"Saab Wizz-zat"
"Lexus Wrecksus"
"Acura Headache"
"Audi 0-T" (pronounced "naught-T")
"Ford Prefect"
"Kia Indy-Ignition"
--Dogstar
Ed Murphy
> "Ford Prefect"
This was a real model from 1938 to 1959:
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Prefect
Phil Carmody
> names:
Sirius? I'm more of a jusfralaf kinda guy.
> "Saab Wizz-zat"
>
> "Lexus Wrecksus"
Like it!
> "Acura Headache"
Groan!
> "Audi 0-T" (pronounced "naught-T")
I always thought Audi should propagate a friendly image, by naming one of
their cars the "Audi Partner".
Phil
Martin DeMello
> Honda Hypothesis
> Chevy Conjecture
> Toyota Theorem
> Infinity Integral
>
> I think I've spent too much time reading sci.math.
I've often wished the Integra would come out with an LDX model number.
martin
Victor Schnapt_
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>
> "Ford Prefect"
This was a car. That's made clear in THGTTG, of which you appear to have
slight, but inadequate, knowledge (since I can't think of a reason for posting
this otherwise).
tomca...@yanospamhoo.com
> The automotive industry seems to having more and more problems finding good
> names for their automobiles (e.g., "What do you think of your Probe?").
> Most of the best wild animal names have already been used, especially
> "tough-sounding" names like "Barracuda", "Stingray", "Mustang", and
> "Jaguar". What names would you suggest? Besides "tough-sounding" names for
> muscle-cars, you might also suggest humorous names, or names that are clever
> for another reason (e.g., the "Ford Everystream", the "Honda Fritz", etc.).
The Honda Donna Cattiva. Stendhal spent some time chasing after them when
he was a young officer stationed in Italy.
Mal
> I always thought Audi should propagate a friendly image, by naming one of
> their cars the "Audi Partner".
>
>
> Phil
I like it, I LIKE it. lol. You wanna send that to Audi they just might use
it
Eric Nielsen
>
> This was a real model from 1938 to 1959:
> http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Prefect
Which is no coincidence, since the character Ford Prefect chose his
earth-name based on what was a common name for what he mistook to be the
dominant lifeform on Earth.
hereward
bUABa.25121$Io.20...@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net, "Carl G."
<cgi...@microprizes.com> wrote:
Not exactly on topic, but I seem to recall that Douglas Adams, in "The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", named a character Ford Prefect, a model
which I believe was sold in the UK at the time.
On-topic:
Chevy Chase (a high-performance law-enforcement vehicle)
Dodge (the) Bullet
Gene
HaVoK
I think that joke went over a lot of heads on this side of the pond.
I for one, didn't get it the first time I read THGTTG. It wasn't
until I read an interview with Adams where he said that the joke was
"lost on the U.S. audiences" that I realized why Ford Prefect picked
"Ford Prefect" as his name. I had always assumed that his research
was just so lazy that he thought lots of *people* would have that
name, not realizing that he had mistaken the dominant life form.
Kinda like the Chevy Nova fiasco in Mexico. On second thought it's
not like that at all, except some of us Yankees are more clueless than
we think we are.
Eric Nielsen
I always thought the Big Book of British Battleships would be a great source
for car names
Ford Invincible
Oldmobile Royal Sovereign
Chevy Dreadnaught
Chrysler Majestic
Cadillac Iron Duke
Toyota Vanguard
Isuzu Revenge
Volvo Valiant
Hyundai Hood
Well, maybe not the last one :-)
Alan Morgan
Carl G. <cgi...@microprizes.com> wrote:
>The automotive industry seems to having more and more problems finding good
>names for their automobiles (e.g., "What do you think of your Probe?").
>Most of the best wild animal names have already been used, especially
>"tough-sounding" names like "Barracuda", "Stingray", "Mustang", and
>"Jaguar". What names would you suggest? Besides "tough-sounding" names for
>muscle-cars, you might also suggest humorous names, or names that are clever
>for another reason (e.g., the "Ford Everystream", the "Honda Fritz", etc.).
Honda Roadagain
Saab Caar (hey, it's no worse than Renault's Le Car)
Lambourghini Compensator (you *know* it's true)
Yugo Slowly
Alan
--
Defendit numerus
Trog Woolley
> names for their automobiles (e.g., "What do you think of your Probe?").
Hodaka Motorcycles had the Dirt Squirt, the Combat Wombat,
the Road Toad and the Super Rat.
Munch Motorcyles make The Mammoth.
The most interesting names are racing machines.
Nessie was a famous endurance racer put together by Mead
and Tompkinson. Other well known British racing bkes are
Slippery Sam, Hog Slayer and The Hobbit (built by John Hobbs).
--
Trog Woolley | trog at trog hyphen oz dot demon dot co dot uk
(A Croweater back residing in Pommie Land with Linux)
Isis Astarte Diana Hecate Demeter Kali Inanna
Danny Kodicek
"Mal" <mean...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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And if Audi and Volkswagen merged, they could be Audi Volks.
Also:
after the Ford Ka, we have the Lada Da
Then there's the Mitsubishi Sushifishy
And the Honda Wagon
And the Fiat Accomplished
And the Nissan Impossible
Incidentally, you might like to know that Skoda is the Czech for
'unfortunate', as in 'to je skoda', meaning 'that's a pity'.
Danny
Reinhold Friedrich Burger
Probably too obvious, but:
The Ford Door Sedan
Reinhold
Horse Pheathers
Hmm...
Lotus Position?
Honda Make?
Isuzu Gesundheit?
Dodge Mahal?
Fiat Deis? (Pardon my poor Latin...I'm aiming for "divine mandate"... ;) )
Ford Able? (Think low sticker price...."It's a Ford Able!")
Ford E2? (In honor of Douglas Adams...)
Saab Story?
Volvo Vulva?
Saturn Alia?
Jeep Skate?
VW XYZ?
Audi Doody?
Ferrari There Yet?
Kia Yippy-yi-yay?
Mercedes Lackey?
Cooper Mini-Me?
Yugo Boom?
Isuzu Usuzeme? (I sues you, you sues me.... )
Mazda Best? (Happy belated Mother's Day, Ma! ;) )
Lexus Prey?
-- Horse Pheathers
Mensanator
>From: "Eric Nielsen" e...@attbi.com
>Date: 5/30/2003 11:04 AM Central Standard Time
>Message-id: <uiLBa.4308$M01.558@sccrnsc02>
Speaking of British Battleships, which of the following are actual ships?
HMS Implacable
HMS Inaccessible
HMS Inadmissible
HMS Inaudible
HMS Incalculable
HMS Incapable
HMS Incompatible
HMS Incomprehensible
HMS Incompressible
HMS Inconsiderable
HMS Inconsolable
HMS Incontrovertible
HMS Indeciferable
HMS Indefatigable
HMS Indefensible
HMS Indelible
HMS Indestructible
HMS Indigestible
HMS Indiscernible
HMS Indispensible
HMS Indisputable
HMS Indistinguishable
HMS Indivisible
HMS Indomitable
HMS Inedible
HMS Ineffable
HMS Ineligible
HMS Inequitable
HMS Inescapable
HMS Inevitable
HMS Inexhaustible
HMS Inexplicable
HMS Inextinguishable
HMS Inextricable
HMS Inflammable
HMS Inflatable
HMS Inflexible
HMS Infrangible
HMS Infusible
HMS Inhospitable
HMS Innumerable
HMS Inoperable
HMS Insatiable
HMS Inscrutable
HMS Insensible
HMS Inseperable
HMS Insolvable
HMS Insufferable
HMS Insurmountable
HMS Insusceptible
HMS Intangible
HMS Intelligible
HMS Interchangeable
HMS Interminable
HMS Intolerable
HMS Intractable
HMS Invaluable
HMS Invincible
HMS Invisible
HMS Invulnerable
HMS Irresistable
Ted S.
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>The automotive industry seems to having more and more problems finding
>good names for their automobiles (e.g., "What do you think of your
>Probe?"). Most of the best wild animal names have already been used,
>especially "tough-sounding" names like "Barracuda", "Stingray",
>"Mustang", and "Jaguar". What names would you suggest? Besides
>"tough-sounding" names for muscle-cars, you might also suggest
>humorous names, or names that are clever for another reason (e.g., the
>"Ford Everystream", the "Honda Fritz", etc.).
I'm surprised that automakers haven't gone the same route as the
pharmaceutical manufacturers, selecting names that don't actually *mean*
anything, but are spelt in a way that's not overly taxing to pronounce in
any western language, and can more easily be trademarked as a neologism.
Would anybody like to buy the Ford Vanolex? The Volvo Zuvina?
--
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family in town.
Marge: Maybe we should move to a larger community.
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Danny Kodicek
"Ted S." <fe...@bestweb.spam> wrote in message
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> Somebody claiming to be "Carl G." <cgi...@microprizes.com> wrote in
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>
> >The automotive industry seems to having more and more problems finding
> >good names for their automobiles (e.g., "What do you think of your
> >Probe?"). Most of the best wild animal names have already been used,
> >especially "tough-sounding" names like "Barracuda", "Stingray",
> >"Mustang", and "Jaguar". What names would you suggest? Besides
> >"tough-sounding" names for muscle-cars, you might also suggest
> >humorous names, or names that are clever for another reason (e.g., the
> >"Ford Everystream", the "Honda Fritz", etc.).
>
> I'm surprised that automakers haven't gone the same route as the
> pharmaceutical manufacturers, selecting names that don't actually *mean*
> anything, but are spelt in a way that's not overly taxing to pronounce in
> any western language, and can more easily be trademarked as a neologism.
> Would anybody like to buy the Ford Vanolex? The Volvo Zuvina?
Ben Elton came up with one created to appeal to the French, the Italians and
the Germans, but where they failed to take into account the English - the
Crapee. Slogan: 'You'll be happee in a Crapee'
Danny
Dan Tilque
>
> I'm surprised that automakers haven't gone the same route as
> the pharmaceutical manufacturers, selecting names that don't
> actually *mean* anything, but are spelt in a way that's not
> overly taxing to pronounce in any western language, and can
> more easily be trademarked as a neologism. Would anybody like
> to buy the Ford Vanolex? The Volvo Zuvina?
Actually, they have, but in a different way than drug
manufacturers. Drug manufacturers are not generally constrained
to have attractive and positive sounding names. That would be
nice to have, but doctors generally don't prescribe medicine
based on how the name sounds. More important is that they have a
distinctive name that is not easily confused with another drug
name, although since there's thousands of drugs out there, that's
actually difficult to do.
But some people do let the name of the car influence their buying
decision. So what some car makers do is coin names based on Latin
roots that are common to many European languages. The root has to
have a positive meaning, of course, but the names don't actually
mean anything in any language. They just have a positive
connotation. The Accura and the Integra are two examples, but
there are others. The Festiva is probably another, although that
actually has a meaning in Italian.
--
Dan Tilque
Bear Trucker Lvr
mensa...@aol.com (Mensanator) wrote in message news:<20030531012554...@mb-m04.aol.com>...
Bear Trucker Lvr
> Lotus Position?
> Honda Make?
> Isuzu Gesundheit?
> Dodge Mahal?
> Fiat Deis? (Pardon my poor Latin...I'm aiming for "divine mandate"... ;) )
> Ford Able? (Think low sticker price...."It's a Ford Able!")
> Ford E2? (In honor of Douglas Adams...)
I missed this one
> Saab Story?
> Volvo Vulva?
> Saturn Alia?
> Jeep Skate?
> VW XYZ?
> Audi Doody?
> Ferrari There Yet?
> Kia Yippy-yi-yay?
> Mercedes Lackey?
I wonder how many get this one (lover her SERRAted edges series BTW)
> Cooper Mini-Me?
> Yugo Boom?
The pinto Replacement? :-)
> Isuzu Usuzeme? (I sues you, you sues me.... )
Avilable only in America :-)
Ted S.
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>Actually, they have, but in a different way than drug
>manufacturers. Drug manufacturers are not generally constrained
>to have attractive and positive sounding names. That would be
>nice to have, but doctors generally don't prescribe medicine
>based on how the name sounds. More important is that they have a
>distinctive name that is not easily confused with another drug
>name, although since there's thousands of drugs out there, that's
>actually difficult to do.
On the other hand, now that we have advertising for prescription drugs
here in the US, I'd argue it behooves the pharmaceutical companies to come
up with names that will sound attractive to the consumers that will ask
their physicians about them.
I find myself thinking about the drug Proscar, which is used to reduce
enlarged prostates and which I believe is pronounced "PROS-car". I,
however, always find myself thinking of it as "PRO-scar" when I see print
ads for it, which of course would imply something that promotes scarring.
Not a drug *I* would want to take. Especially not if it's intended for
*that* area of my body. :-)
>But some people do let the name of the car influence their buying
>decision. So what some car makers do is coin names based on Latin
>roots that are common to many European languages. The root has to
>have a positive meaning, of course, but the names don't actually
>mean anything in any language. They just have a positive
>connotation. The Accura and the Integra are two examples, but
>there are others. The Festiva is probably another, although that
>actually has a meaning in Italian.
Then there's Ford's similar subcompact, the Aspire. "Aspiring to be a
car" is the joke I remember about it.
And none of this explains the Saab 9-5. There's a real positive-
sounding name! :-)
merg12
Mensanator
>Date: 5/31/03 3:11 PM Central Daylight Time
>Message-id: <61d45c9d.03053...@posting.google.com>
>
>At least the invincible....
Yeah, there are a couple other give-aways also. Not that great of a puzzle,
more along the lines of humor. I just love the notion of a ship named the
Insufferable. And morale would probably not be high on the Inescapable.
--
Peter
the 'Fordor'!
True, look it up!
Pete H
"Carl G." <cgi...@microprizes.com> wrote in message
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> The automotive industry seems to having more and more problems finding
good
> names for their automobiles (e.g., "What do you think of your Probe?").
> Most of the best wild animal names have already been used, especially
> "tough-sounding" names like "Barracuda", "Stingray", "Mustang", and
> "Jaguar". What names would you suggest? Besides "tough-sounding" names
for
> muscle-cars, you might also suggest humorous names, or names that are
clever
> for another reason (e.g., the "Ford Everystream", the "Honda Fritz",
etc.).
>
> P. S. Does anyone know of a good web-site that lists all (most) of the
> automobile names that have already been used ?
>
> Carl G.
>
>
>
Eric Nielsen
puzzle,
> more along the lines of humor. I just love the notion of a ship named the
> Insufferable. And morale would probably not be high on the Inescapable.
As opposed to the HMS Indefensible or the HMS Inflatable?
Peter Morris
"Carl G." <cgi...@microprizes.com> wrote in message
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> The automotive industry seems to having more and more problems finding
good
> names for their automobiles (e.g., "What do you think of your Probe?").
> Most of the best wild animal names have already been used, especially
> "tough-sounding" names like "Barracuda", "Stingray", "Mustang", and
> "Jaguar". What names would you suggest? Besides "tough-sounding" names
for
> muscle-cars, you might also suggest humorous names, or names that are
clever
> for another reason (e.g., the "Ford Everystream", the "Honda Fritz",
etc.).
>
> P. S. Does anyone know of a good web-site that lists all (most) of the
> automobile names that have already been used ?
Has anyone suggested 'The Ford Harrison' or 'The Austin Steve' yet?
Ed Murphy
> Has anyone suggested 'The Ford Harrison' or 'The Austin Steve' yet?
"Is that the bionic man or the wrestler?" -Bobby Hill
ObCCN: http://www.mudslide.net/TopTen/lnwdxtra.html#extra105
10. Pontiac Cyst
9. Dodge Glove
8. Oldsmobile Beiruter
7. Nissan Spleen
6. Chevy Junta
5. Hyundai Accordion
4. Mazda Eczema 500
3. Dodge Johnson
2. Yugo Screw Yourself
1. Ford Gelding
hereward
Pine.SOL.4.44.030530...@scg.math.uwaterloo.ca, "Reinhold
Friedrich Burger" <rfbu...@scg.math.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
Years ago (early fifties?) Ford used the term Fordor for their sedans.
Gene
Reinhold Friedrich Burger
> Years ago (early fifties?) Ford used the term Fordor for their sedans.
>
I wonder if they considered marketing it in Quebec or France
as the Ford d'Or.
Reinhold
Rich Grise
> >Subject: Cool Car Names
> >From: "Carl G." cgi...@microprizes.com
> >Date: 5/29/2003 11:13 PM Central Standard Time
> >Message-id: <bUABa.25121$Io.20...@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net>
> >
> >The automotive industry seems to having more and more problems finding good
> >names for their automobiles
> >Carl G.
>
> Honda Hypothesis
> Chevy Conjecture
> Toyota Theorem
> Infinity Integral
It's not new, but when your Volkswagen Quantum breaks, do you take it
to the Quantum Mechanic(s)?
:-)
Rich
Peter Morris
"Rich Grise" <richar...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> It's not new, but when your Volkswagen Quantum breaks, do you take it
> to the Quantum Mechanic(s)?
No, but if your amphibious vehicle breaks down, you should take it to the
Newtonian mechanics
Jim
Pheathers) wrote:
>Ford E2? (In honor of Douglas Adams...)
Ford Dent Arthur Dent surely!?
Jim
Robert Israel
You must not have read Adams lately. Arthur's friend Ford Prefect adopted
the name of a car after arriving on Earth.
And no auto manufacturer would want the word "dent" associated with its
product...
Robert Israel isr...@math.ubc.ca
Department of Mathematics http://www.math.ubc.ca/~israel
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z2
Franc Zabkar
put finger to keyboard and composed:
>The automotive industry seems to having more and more problems finding good
>names for their automobiles (e.g., "What do you think of your Probe?").
>Most of the best wild animal names have already been used, especially
>"tough-sounding" names like "Barracuda", "Stingray", "Mustang", and
>"Jaguar". What names would you suggest? Besides "tough-sounding" names for
>muscle-cars, you might also suggest humorous names, or names that are clever
>for another reason (e.g., the "Ford Everystream", the "Honda Fritz", etc.).
When I was younger and poorer I used to drive a Rolls Can'ardly.
-- Franc Zabkar
Please remove one 's' from my address when replying by email.
Jim
>In article <vm6odvo6n8qiaq36d...@4ax.com>,
>Jim <sp...@ihug.com.au> wrote:
>>On 30 May 2003 17:20:41 -0700, horse_p...@yahoo.com (Horse
>>Pheathers) wrote:
>
>
>>>Ford E2? (In honor of Douglas Adams...)
>
>>Ford Dent Arthur Dent surely!?
>
>You must not have read Adams lately. Arthur's friend Ford Prefect adopted
>the name of a car after arriving on Earth.
>
>And no auto manufacturer would want the word "dent" associated with its
>product...
Aston Marvin, then. Engine the size of a planet...
Jim
JC
>
> "Ford Prefect"
>
The Ford Prefect was a car..I think thats the joke in the book that the guy
did so little research into names he named himself after a car by mistake)
Does anyone know if there's any truth behind the rumour that the Mitsubishi
Starion was so named by mistake as it was the sucessor to the Mitsubishi
Colt and was originally going to be called the Mitsubishi Stallion but the
American marketing people misheard the Japanese head of sales and before
they realised the mistake the badges were made??
J.
Peter Morris
"JC" <rt...@hotmaill.com> wrote in message news:3edf...@212.67.96.135...
It sounds very unlikely.Somebody would have had to give their approval
to the badge design before they got made.
Ed Murphy
> Does anyone know if there's any truth behind the rumour that the Mitsubishi
> Starion was so named by mistake as it was the sucessor to the Mitsubishi
> Colt and was originally going to be called the Mitsubishi Stallion but the
> American marketing people misheard the Japanese head of sales and before
> they realised the mistake the badges were made??
Kevin Clark
The Japanese come up with loads of these stupid names.
There was one called a Pantry Boy Supreme! And also
Suzuki Every
Honda Mysterious Utility
Potato brand bicycle
Nissan Cedric
hereward
Pine.SOL.4.44.03060...@scg.math.uwaterloo.ca, "Reinhold
Friedrich Burger" <rfbu...@scg.math.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, hereward wrote:
>
>> On 5/30/03 6:21 PM, in article
>> Pine.SOL.4.44.030530...@scg.math.uwaterloo.ca, "Reinhold
>> Friedrich Burger" <rfbu...@scg.math.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>> Probably too obvious, but:
>>>
>>> The Ford Door Sedan
>>>
>> Years ago (early fifties?) Ford used the term Fordor for their sedans.
>>
>
> I wonder if they considered marketing it in Quebec or France
> as the Ford d'Or.
>
> Reinhold
>
Only if the color were right.
Gene
Kendel
Would have to be something fastm of course.
--Kendel
"I believe that forgiving them is God's function.
Our job is simply to arrange the meeting."
--General Norman Schwartzkopf
lab~rat
>Does anyone know if there's any truth behind the rumour that the Mitsubishi
>Starion was so named by mistake as it was the sucessor to the Mitsubishi
>Colt and was originally going to be called the Mitsubishi Stallion but the
>American marketing people misheard the Japanese head of sales and before
>they realised the mistake the badges were made??
Reminds me of the joke about the Corolla. "Why would the Japanese
name a car something they can't pronounce?"
--
lab~rat >:-)
Do you want polite or do you want sincere?
Martin Round
"lab~rat" <ch...@cheese.net> wrote in message
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> Reminds me of the joke about the Corolla. "Why would the Japanese
> name a car something they can't pronounce?"
> --
> lab~rat >:-)
> Do you want polite or do you want sincere?
Rolls Royce made the Silver Mist, which didn't sell too well in Germany.
Martin.