>>> Best/Worst/Oddest Car Names Ever <<<

[oopssorryy]

Oddest-
Camry

Camry means something in Japanese if I remeber right. Something like Crown I think.

 

[MoLiEG]

lol no one's mentioned the nissan moco? xD

Was about to post it... I'm glad I looked at previous pages...

Camry means something in Japanese if I remeber right. Something like Crown I think.

Correct sir

 

[xXKingJoshXx]

Best
Lincoln/Bentley Continental
Ford Mustang
Chevrolet Corvette
Rolls-Royce Phantom
Plymouth Barracuda
Dodge Viper
Ford Fiesta
Jeep Wrangler
Lamborghini Gallardo (only if it's pronounced correctly)
Lamborghini Murcielago (only if it's pronounced correctly)
Lamborghini Aventador
Pagani Zonda
Ferrari (just the brand name, not the cars)
Lotus Exige
Aston-Martin Vantage
Aston-Martin in general
Maserati
Suzuki Kizashi
Bentley Brooklands
Cadillac Eldorado
Cadillac Coupe DeVille
Chevrolet Bel-Air
Chrysler New-Yorker

Worst
Dodge Journey
Suzuki Swift
Jeep Compass
Toyota Prius
Plymouth Satellite
Lamborghini Urus
Almost all modern Lincolns and all Acuras
Chevrolet Avalanche (definitely up there in terribleness)
Ford Flex
Ford Taurus
All Infinitis
Jeep Liberty
Jeep Patriot
Jeep Wrangler (yes I know it's on the best and worst list)
Perodua Myvi (sp?)
Kia Sportage
Most of the Lexus range
Nissan Armada
Nissn Juke
Nissan Pathfinder
Nissan Quest (what is it with SUVs and crossovers always having adventurous names?)
Nissan Rogue (oh wait)
Nissan Xterra
Ram/Dodge Dakota
Scion range (excluding FR-S)
Smart
Smart Fortwo
A good majority of the Subaru range
Suzuki Equator
Toyota Sequoia
Toyota Yaris
Volkswagen Beetle
Volkswagen Eos
Volkswagen Jetta
Volkswagen Passat
Volkswagen Routan
Volkswagen Tiguan
Volkswagen Touareg
Bentley Azure
Bentley Mulsanne
Majority of Buicks
Cadillac Cimarron
Cadillac Catera
Subaru Impreza STI (why name your car after a disease)
Chevrolet Astro
Chevrolet Blazer
Chrysler New-Yorker
Chrysler Pacifica

Oddest
Flying Spur
Audi Allroad
Chevrolet Colorado
Chevrolet Equinox
Dodge Avenger
Dodge Caliber
Ferrari California
Fisker Karma
Honda Crosstour
Honda Fit
Honda Insight
Honda Odyssey
Honda Pilot
Honda Ridgeline
Hyundai Equus
Kia Soul
Lamborghini Miura
Pagani Huayra
Land Rover Range Rover (great name, but can be odd saying Rover twice)
Maserati Quattroporte (just a direct translation to Four door)
Nissan Cube
Nissan Leaf
Cadillac Fleetwood
Chrysler Crossfire
Chrysler Concorde
Chrysler Cirrus (isn't that a type of cloud)
Chrysler Captiva




Many more to list, but I don't have enough time,


Woah! I didn't realize how big that list got!!!

 

[masterrawad]

FUN FACT: the "Murcielago" was named after a Spanish fighting bull (whose name was also Murcielago) who didn't go down after 24 spears in the back. The bull was... Never mind. read the rest. I'm lazy.

 

[Tornado]

Best car name is still the Maserati Kubang, which some idiot who I'm sure dresses like Mussolini in his time away from burning down toy stores and literally stealing candy from babies decided should be called something else when they actually build it.

 

[XS]

These ones always bothered me:
Ford Probe
Oldsmobile Futuramic
Daihatsu Naked
Nissan Prairie Joy
Mazda LaPuta (which means 'The Whore' in Spanish)
Mitsubishi Pajero (also Spanish, for 'wanker')
Dodge Swinger

 

[xXKingJoshXx]

These ones always bothered me:
Ford Probe
Dodge Swinger

Forgot about those! My great-grandma actually had a 1970 Dodge Dart Swinger with a 318 and my grandpa and her were driving it a little fast and flipped it, throwing them both out of the car. The worst injury either of them had were some slightly bruised ribs. Before that, she was driving it home from a bar and a cop pulled up next to her. She decided it would be a good idea to race him through the city! She ended up getting away from it, not even a warning! I wish I lived back then, so much more fun than today.

 

[sumbrownkid]

If you guys watch that Top Gear China special, a couple of names from that episode would be contenders for this title.

 

[xXKingJoshXx]

Dodge Diplomat and Pontiac Parisienne are pretty terrible names.

 

[Tornado]

Don't forget the Storm, such a badass name that GM rightfully applied it to the most badass vehicle in their product portfolio:

Oh.

 

[XS]

Forgot about those! My great-grandma actually had a 1970 Dodge Dart Swinger with a 318 and my grandpa and her were driving it a little fast and flipped it, throwing them both out of the car. The worst injury either of them had were some slightly bruised ribs. Before that, she was driving it home from a bar and a cop pulled up next to her. She decided it would be a good idea to race him through the city! She ended up getting away from it, not even a warning! I wish I lived back then, so much more fun than today.

Indeed, times are very different. I'm glad nobody was seriously injured after getting thrown from the car though, dang!

 

[Ken]

Tang Hua Detroit Fish
Studebaker Dictator
Geely PU Rural Nanny
Mazda Scrum Wagon
Mazda Titan Dump
Ford Probe
Great Wall Wingle
Mitsubishi Minica Lettuce
Nissan Homy Super Long
Daihatsu Scat
Honda WOW (Wonderfully Open-hearted Wagon)
Ford Aspire
GMC Jimmy
Chevrolet Citation

 

[TanJaM92]

Donkervoort-D8 GT

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_d_u-dfTHD...kervoort-D8_GT_2007_1024x768_wallpaper_05.jpg
Kia Picanto
Kia Quoris
Hyundai Equus
Pagani Huayra (Try to pronounce it)
Zenvo st1
Chevy sonic

 

[Wiegert]

I was going to say the Honda That's, but looking back to the third page in this thread, I was beaten to it by almost 9 years.

Also, I'm starting to think that people were meant to interpret it as the "Honda That's Just An Even More Unsightly Looking Nissan Cube".

 

[xXKingJoshXx]

It looks like a kit car, it's so badly made!

Edit: Also, if you wanna pronounce Huayra, just think why-rah. It's the same pronunciation, but a lot easier to figure out what it says. It helps me, anyways.

 

[MoLiEG]

Pagani huayra

This is the hardest car name to say for me

Not that hard to pronounce when Spanish is your native languague

For me, all Lamborghini Names are the best names:

Murciélago, Diablo, Gallarrdo, Reventón, Aventador, Estoque, Miura, Jalpa, Urraco...

👍

But the best is:

Dodge Viper

 

[SagarisGTB]

Most of the Lexus range

Out of curiosity, why Lexus and not Mercedes, when they use almost the exact same nomenclature? Why is the LS430 a worse name than SL600 for example? Just curious.

 

[xXKingJoshXx]

Well, two reasons.

1. I'm more familiar with Mercedes, so I know what people are talking about if they are talking anything starting with S (S class, SL class, SLS class, SLK class etc), E, C, or G. That's not to say its any better than the Lexus naming system, because it's not. I just didn't really think of Merc's naming system.

2. Lexus has a lot of vastly different cars with similar names, like newer Lincolns, such as RX, LX, and GX. Come to think of it though, Lincoln's is far worse. I'm sure if I liked Lexus' better it wouldn't confuse me so much, though.


Lincoln's naming system is pretty terrible! Like the MKS and MKZ. Or MKX and MKT. The only one I can remember is the MKX, because of the X in the name referring to it being a crossover. If I was to redo that list, I'd take that out and replace it with "All cars using alpha-numerical names".



Sorry if any of this post doesn't make sense, I got carried away with just typing my thoughts,


Edit: And also, car companies need to be more creative with their names. I can't think of too many companies that use actual names instead of numbers and letters. Ferrari does it alright, although it sometimes doesn't make sense. Ford at least uses names for the most part. Lamborghini does it best, as MoLiEG said. The only alpha-numerical names I like are the ones for trucks. It's easy when talking about truck's names, the F150 is the smallest, while the F250 is bigger, and the F350 even bigger, etc.

 

[Doog]

Well, two reasons.

1. I'm more familiar with Mercedes, so I know what people are talking about if they are talking anything starting with S (S class, SL class, SLS class, SLK class etc), E, C, or G. That's not to say its any better than the Lexus naming system, because it's not. I just didn't really think of Merc's naming system.

2. Lexus has a lot of vastly different cars with similar names, like newer Lincolns, such as RX, LX, and GX. Come to think of it though, Lincoln's is far worse. I'm sure if I liked Lexus' better it wouldn't confuse me so much, though.

How is G, GL, and GLK any better than RX, LX, and GX? They use the exact same formula: class of car, then engine displacement. If anything, Lexus' is better now since it's still actually honest. An LS460 still has a 4.6 liter V8, a GS350 still has a 3.5 liter V6. Meanwhile, an S550 has a 4.6 liter V8, and a C63 has a 6.2 liter V8. Dat logic.

 

[xXKingJoshXx]

^

That's not to say its any better than the Lexus naming system, because it's not.

If I was to redo that list, I'd take that out and replace it with "All cars using alpha-numerical names".

 

[jus1029]

Worst names: Geely Panda, Chery Tiggo, Chery Cowin, basically covering most of the Chinese cars available

Best names: Honda Civic, Jensen Interceptor, Subaru Forester, Nissan Silvia, Lexus LFA, Toyota Sprinter

Wierdest names: McLaren MP4-12C, Toyota Alphard, Lexus SC430, Infiniti's new lineup of Q's and QX's

 

[Rue]

I was going to say the Honda That's, but looking back to the third page in this thread, I was beaten to it by almost 9 years.

Also, I'm starting to think that people were meant to interpret it as the "Honda That's Just An Even More Unsightly Looking Nissan Cube".

Nooooooo, this is a fantastic design as is the (previous gen.) Nissan Cube! When will you all learn...!?!?!

 

[JAHHAJ]

Nooooooo, this is a fantastic design as is the (previous gen.) Nissan Cube! When will you all learn...!?!?!

Never!

 

[Liquid]

Suzuki Magical Relax Wagon

Ambitious.

 

[Slash]

Probably already been said but the Chevy Citation. Why anyone would want a car named this is beyond me. I saw one the other day lmao.

 

[White & Nerdy]

Worst:

Chevrolet Cruze: My hate for this overgrown, way-too-heavy, way-too-luxurious no-longer-really-that-compact car is well recorded, but perhaps the worst part is that GM thought misspelling the name with XTREM3 KOOL LETTERZ would make this ugly fashion item cool. Even worse, it's not even the first time they've done this.

Pontiac Aztek: The car that could have saved Pontiac was instead way too ugly and way too expensive. Oh, the name? As above, their attempt to trendify their ugly heap amounted to turd polish.

Land Rover Range Rover Evoque: It's happening abroad too.

Plymouth Reliant: ...on a tow truck to get anywhere.

Nissan Leaf: You know what's worse than an electric car? An electric car that doesn't let you or anyone else forget it's electric. The Leaf, from its distinctively hideous styling to its self-conciously environmentally-councious name to its massive zero emission decals, is definitely worse than a normal electric car.

Daihatsu Charade: Apologizes for itself with its own name. Others include the Mazda Protege, Toyota Echo, Ford Aspire, and...

AMC Gremlin: It was even unveiled to the press on April Fool's Day 1970. The whole car must have been a cruel joke by AMC.

Fisker Karma: See Nissan Leaf. The only "karma" I'm worried about is that of the company and its management, wasting $560,000 OF OUR MONEY on every single one they build.

Honda Civic and Accord: Seemingly named to imply design by comittee, which could give a pretty good idea as to what they're like.

Pagani Huayra: The transition in name from Zonda to Huayra mirrors the transition in styling from Zonda to Huayra. I don't like either one.

Best:

Plymouth Barracuda: Just about perfect.

Pontiac Firebird: Again, just about perfect.

Chevrolet Monte Carlo: Hard not to like a car named after a vacation spot on the French Riviera.

Cadillac Eldorado: Wasn't El Dorado some mythical city of gold or something?

More to come maybe?

 

[Doog]

Swift wouldn't be such a bad name if the car it was applied to was actually swift.

 

[jus1029]

^Cultus was even worst!

I have thought of one: Daewoo Winstorm

 

[Azure Flare]

Weirdest names: McLaren MP4-12C

You do have to remember, their F1 cars go by the same naming system. For example, this year's F1 car is called the MP4-28.

Just think of how much better it would be if it was called the MP4-13C.

 

[AudiMan2011]

I don't know what Ferrari was thinking when they decided to name their Enzo replacement the LaFerrari. Could they not think of a better name?