Cool Car Names

rebel.ranter

In contrast to the thread that identifies badly named cars surely there must be consensus on cool names too????

I like:

- Phantom (Rolls Royce)
- Spider (Alfa)
- Discovery, Defender & Range Rover are apt names for the vehicles they are for
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will add as I think of more

edit: it doesn't matter if the car is rubbish just that the name sounds cool & would conjure up the image of a beast of a machine if you didn't know better.

Terrontress

Some names have become cool because of the cars they are on.

Porsche 911, Golf GTI, Ferrari Superamerica all sound great to me but I am not sure if Hyundai had made a 911 and Porsche never had would I have thought of it as great.

Robbo

TVRs usually have good names, Chimeara and Tuscan spring to mind.

Stephen

Dodge Charger. Also probably not so good if that name was applied to an 800cc Daewoo Matiz

Enright

i call my FLATERY

because it gets me nowhere in a hurry

Owen

I always thought the Fiat Tempra was a great name for a car (Minus the Fiat bit), but instead of belonging to a small family car, that it should have belonged to a 500 Bhp fire breathing monster.

rebel.ranter

Robbo wrote:

TVRs usually have good names, Chimeara and Tuscan spring to mind.

There's one already, TVR (trevor) was identified as being bad in the worst names thread! Does that mean it balances?

Another cool name is a Honda Legend, again the name is probably nicer than the car itself though.


....oh not forgetting the Dodge Viper or Shelby Cobra (AC)

Terrontress

ned78 wrote:

I always thought the Fiat Tempra was a great name for a car (Minus the Fiat bit), but instead of belonging to a small family car, that it should have belonged to a 500 Bhp fire breathing monster.

Makes me think of Tempura.

A crisp, lightly battered Fiat.

peasant

I always thought "Panda" was a great name for a basic little runaround

wba88

I like Aston Martin Vanquish

ShowUsYourXbox

The Nissan Micra or Smart Car both grab my fancy.

prospect

Terrontress wrote:

if Hyundai had made a 911 and Porsche never had would I have thought of it as great.

The Porsche was originally to be called the 901, but Peugeot had the rights to three digit names with a zero in the middle.

Owen

The Dodge Viper is a nice name for a car too.

barryfitz

I kinda like the Lexus Soarer as it a pretty comfortable car to drive and soars over the roads.

similar to the afore mentioned panda i also thought the Hyundai Atoz was a good name for a city car, you know itl get you from a-to-z.

rebel.ranter

Atoz now takes on a new meaing for me anyway, it actually makes sense A to Z!

um7y1h83ge06nx

Skyline.

maidhc

Testarossa.

Red Head.

Tabnabs

Pontiac Trans Am

peasant

*anorak warning*

I thought the Puch "Haflinger" was a very good name too ...named after the mountain-horse whose job it took over.

keltoms

betsy was always a great name!

hi5

I think the Yanks have most of the 'cool car names'market cornered,mostly animals too.


Thunderbird
Firebird
Cougar
Ram
Mustang
Challanger
Prowler
Impala
and the Puma not american.

And a few more,

Roadrunner
Superbee

DeTomaso panthera
Lamborgini countach
Lamborgini Diablo
Lotus Esprit

Blue850

450 Sel 6.9

tc20

Not sure if this qualifies as an oxymoron, but here goes...

Hillman Avenger and Hunter

cool names, but crap cars


and some real good ones

Ferrari Berlinetta

Lancia Fulvio

Ferrari Daytona

Cadillac Eldorado

Gatster

I think Italian names are quite good - Quattorporte, quattrovalvole, murcielago...all very poetic.

Tabnabs

Jensen Interceptor :cool:

bazz26

Some I can think of:

Dodge Stealth
Dodge Venom
Plymouth Prowler
Fiat Barchetta
Lamborghini Diablo
Saab Vigan
Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow
Pontiac Firebird
Ford Thunderbird
Bugatti Veyron
Ferrari Enzo
Corvette Stingray

tc20

a few more...

Mini (the original)
Beetle (ditto)
Renault Twingo
Fiat Strada (UK or euro version of the Ritmo)
Fiat Mirafiori
Reliant Scimitar

and, Ladies and Gentlemen,

The Mazda Bongo

Explosive_Cornflake

Years ago, we saw a Daihatsu Sirion, and my friend thought it would be a cool name for a metal band, just the Sirion bit obviously. He did up a metal style band logo that night, and it did actually look very good, but he a knack for doing those death metal style band logos.

peasant

The beetle oficially never was called the Beetle (until the "new Beetle" came along)

It always was the VW 1200 / 1300 / 1302

Whenever Volkswagen used the beetle (or German: Kaefer) name, they always put it in "".


Same for Citroen and the 2CV which in Germany was known as the "Ente" or duck ...nobody ever called it the "2CV" ...except for Citroen

Terrontress

peasant wrote:

The beetle oficially never was called the Beetle (until the "new Beetle" came along)

It always was the VW 1200 / 1300 / 1302

Whenever Volkswagen used the beetle (or German: Kaefer) name, they always put it in "".


Same for Citroen and the 2CV which in Germany was known as the "Ente" or duck ...nobody ever called it the "2CV" ...except for Citroen

Kaefer was an abbreviation of Kraft durch Freude or "strength through joy", isn't it Peasant?

I have seen the old pictures of the early KdFs, draped in swastikas. It's interesting to see. Cars take on personalities depending on their appearance and the Beetle always seems laid back and friendly. Seeing the old nazimobile makes me think of Michael Knight's evil brother who looked amazingly similar but the addition of a peculiar beard and 'tache turned him evil.

Deux chevaux always sounds nicer than 2cvs

peasant

KDF was something like a holiday organistaion for labourers ...(like Mosney for the whole nation ) they organised holiday camps, special cruises and a (fraudulent) savings scheme for the "peoples car".

The Beetle was named Beetle (=Kaefer) because its bonnet looked like the back wings of a beetle ..and the whole vehicle had something beetle-like

colm_mcm

Gatster wrote:

I think Italian names are quite good - Quattorporte, quattrovalvole, murcielago...all very poetic.

Quattroporte sounds great in Italian, not as impressive as "four-doors" which ias what it means.

I like the "Sedici" which is the name of Fiat's 4 X 4 (which of course means 16)

I like Fiat "Barchetta", which means little boat. again, sounds very cool in Italian

blastman

Don't think it was mentioned yet, but I liked the Dodge Charger.

MercMad

I like the name "Integrale"............its speaks volumes !

I do agree that the Yanks always sound far more exotic, Corvette Stingray, Dodge Challenger, and I think the names of classy Italian ski resorts, exclusive Euro retreats were somewhat dumbed down when applied to the rear end of a very basic saloon from Ford , e.g Cortina, Granada, Capri etc..

Then again GM Europe had some good ones, Senator, Monza, Omega, Manta, Calibra all sounded good !

Mmm need to give this more thought !

michaelanthony

Phaeton

hi5

Bristol Beaufighter.

Didnt Bentley have an estate car called a Shootingbrake?

Anan1

Giulia.

barryfitz

I also like supra. Although theres so many cars in the "worst name" thread it probably features in there as well.

smash

Lamborghini diablo....

Max_Damage

These may have been suggested already, but screw you hippie...

Ford Mustang
Plymouth Barracuda
Dodge Viper
Dodge Charger
Audi V8 (does what it says on the tin!)
Chevrolet Corvette Stingray
Vauxhall Monaro
Plymouth Fury
Ford Falcon
Opel Monza & Manta

prospect

Not a car, but I always liked 'Fireblade' as a name.