>>> Best/Worst/Oddest Car Names Ever <<<
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daan was pretty much spot on, actually. It's an expletive in the Piedmontese dialect of Italian, which roughly means "**** me!" - and that's the actual origin of the car's name.
If "Murcielago" means bat in Italian, I'm glad the bosses at VAG didn't go with the German translation. "Die Fledermouse".
M5Power - We get the Pajero/Montero as the Shogun. Go figure.
If "Murcielago" means bat in Italian, I'm glad the bosses at VAG didn't go with the German translation. "Die Fledermouse".
M5Power - We get the Pajero/Montero as the Shogun. Go figure.
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IIRC, Gallardo is "Rooster". Doesn't Lambo's logo have a rooster on it?
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The Japanese are fantastic for weird or overly long names. Who can for get the Daihatsu Cuore Avanzato TR-XX R4? Current favourite has to be the Mitsubishi Toppo BJ though
P.s Lambo logo is a bull
P.s Lambo logo is a bull
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Good names;
300ZX
Skyline
Testorossa
F40
F50
Enzo
Diablo
Viper
Mustang
Camaro
Falcon
SL55 AMG
and so on...
300ZX
Skyline
Testorossa
F40
F50
Enzo
Diablo
Viper
Mustang
Camaro
Falcon
SL55 AMG
and so on...
Cano
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that's gallo, dude. Gallardo means Elegant, Gallant, even brave in spanish, and murcielago also means bat in spanish. as for more of the names mentioned in this thread, Famine got the countach name right. for more lambo names, all of them except for the 350GT and GTV are named after bullfighting figures. Miura and Jarama are all "races" of bulls, the Miura being a monstruous one. One Miura, called Islero, another lambo, killed the most famous bullfighter of all time, Manolete. Espada means sword in spanish, an instrument used in bullfighting, and so on, this tradition was broke with the Countach and the Sillouhete/Jalpa (altough I think that Jalpa has something to do with it, too) and I remember that Urraco had some bull meaning, too.
other sutff: Pinto means "Freckly" in spanish, or something with a lot of spots of different colours. Nova has to be separated to mean something... "no va", wich means, literally, doesnt go. The vauxhal nova doesnt go, the chevy does. I had one and was fast as hell (v8 cars of course).
Also, a curious note: on the anime series Magic Knight Rayearth, almost all characters had names based on cars, except the three main characters. Caldina, Alccione, Ferio, Zagato, Emeraude, NSX, eagle, FTO, GTO, Nova, Debonair, Ascot, Aska, Tatra, Tata are some of them, there were more, but I cant remember them.
Cano
and one of the most ridiculous names ever was AMC's "rebel machine" and "mean machine". and they weren't even mean.
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UK now - wasnt there a citroen BX 19 weekend ??
Weekend - come on thats a crap name !!
Weekend - come on thats a crap name !!
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well the name "weekend" for a car doesnt exaclty inspire you to buy it or inspire in you that its a decent car. It just sounds crap thats all.
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TVR Speed 12 (does it have 12 speeds? then why name it that?)
Bentley used the 'speed' term in its pre-war LeMans winners and road car derivatives, TVR have recently picked up on this British naming tradition.
If the Ferrari 'Testarossa' was a british car it would have been named Ferrari 'Ginner'
Bentley used the 'speed' term in its pre-war LeMans winners and road car derivatives, TVR have recently picked up on this British naming tradition.
If the Ferrari 'Testarossa' was a british car it would have been named Ferrari 'Ginner'
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Saw a couple of special editions of real nasty cars the last couple of days. The Fiat Panda Dance and Kia Pride Melody. Kia was especially bad as it was this real vile metallic purple, pride is the last thing I'd have for it!
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The shade of that purple, I think you may be onto something......
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That's as maybe, but in English "Wira" just looks funny, and as for the other one...."You drive a Proton? Waja!"
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Indeed. So good that they nicked it from Hyundai, who've been selling a Hyundai Matrix here since 1998.
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What's up with the Vauxhall Novas and Cavaliers? Why can't they just call them Chevrolets, like they're supposed to be called
Also, what's Howler? The pickup truck version of the Prowler?
Famine: What's a Hyundai Matrix? I've never heard of such a car. I've heard of, hmm.. Tiburon, Accent, Sonata, Santa Fe, Excel, XG350, but never a Matrix. Maybe I've never paid enough attention
Mitsubishi swiped Lancer from Chrysler Corporation (Dodge), Who can forget the Shelby Lancer Turbos
Gone, and, for the most part, forgotten
Not to mention the Shelby Omni GLH's, the Shelby Chargers and Shelby Daytonas.. ChryCorp thought they could thake their K-cars and slap Shelby American logos on the headrests and mild body kits and make a fortune doing that... it backfired 
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Isuzu GIGA 20 Light Dump, genius. Do they do a heavy dump?
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