More cars you didn't know existed...

[Welsh_horsepower]

I can’t help but think that some of these Chinese car manufacturers could certainly benefit from the services of a European marketing team…

How do you fancy a GWM Ora Funky Cat for city driving, a BYD Seal as your daily driver and a BYD Yangwang U9 for the weekend…?

Having said that, other manufacturers have come out with some stupid names too.

[sidewinder500]

Yeah, like Tuscan, or Firebird, or Eldorado, or Quattroporte, or Golf, or Mustang or or model s, oh wait

[21st Century Man]

No dafter than "Peoples Car".

[GeniusOfLove]

Welsh_horsepower said:

I can’t help but think that some of these Chinese car manufacturers could certainly benefit from the services of a European marketing team…

How do you fancy a GWM Ora Funky Cat for city driving, a BYD Seal as your daily driver and a BYD Yangwang U9 for the weekend…?

Having said that, other manufacturers have come out with some stupid names too.

Yes maybe they could head hunt the absolute marketing wizards who came up with Kaptur, Kodiaq, Tiguan, Enyaq, Kamiq, or any of the other meaningless nonsense names Europeans use for their cars that are all indistinguishable from each other anyway.

Funky Cat is a better model name than anything to come out of Europe in just about forever.

[Catweazle]

GeniusOfLove said:

Welsh_horsepower said:

I can’t help but think that some of these Chinese car manufacturers could certainly benefit from the services of a European marketing team…

How do you fancy a GWM Ora Funky Cat for city driving, a BYD Seal as your daily driver and a BYD Yangwang U9 for the weekend…?

Having said that, other manufacturers have come out with some stupid names too.

Yes maybe they could head hunt the absolute marketing wizards who came up with Kaptur, Kodiaq, Tiguan, Enyaq, Kamiq, or any of the other meaningless nonsense names Europeans use for their cars that are all indistinguishable from each other anyway.

Funky Cat is a better model name than anything to come out of Europe in just about forever.

It's a shame that they've renamed it the 03 then.

[Frimley111R]

GeniusOfLove said:

Welsh_horsepower said:

I can’t help but think that some of these Chinese car manufacturers could certainly benefit from the services of a European marketing team…

How do you fancy a GWM Ora Funky Cat for city driving, a BYD Seal as your daily driver and a BYD Yangwang U9 for the weekend…?

Having said that, other manufacturers have come out with some stupid names too.

Yes maybe they could head hunt the absolute marketing wizards who came up with Kaptur, Kodiaq, Tiguan, Enyaq, Kamiq, or any of the other meaningless nonsense names Europeans use for their cars that are all indistinguishable from each other anyway.

Funky Cat is a better model name than anything to come out of Europe in just about forever.

Seriously? (Not sure if serious meme needed here).

You think people want to drive a car called a Funky Cat?? Well they don't and that's why the name changed.

[GeniusOfLove]

Frimley111R said:

GeniusOfLove said:

Welsh_horsepower said:

I can’t help but think that some of these Chinese car manufacturers could certainly benefit from the services of a European marketing team…

How do you fancy a GWM Ora Funky Cat for city driving, a BYD Seal as your daily driver and a BYD Yangwang U9 for the weekend…?

Having said that, other manufacturers have come out with some stupid names too.

Yes maybe they could head hunt the absolute marketing wizards who came up with Kaptur, Kodiaq, Tiguan, Enyaq, Kamiq, or any of the other meaningless nonsense names Europeans use for their cars that are all indistinguishable from each other anyway.

Funky Cat is a better model name than anything to come out of Europe in just about forever.

Seriously? (Not sure if serious meme needed here).

You think people want to drive a car called a Funky Cat?? Well they don't and that's why the name changed.

No I think it's a st name. I think any of the bullst marketing department created made up words a lot of other manufacturers are using are worse though

[Frimley111R]

GeniusOfLove said:

Frimley111R said:

GeniusOfLove said:

Welsh_horsepower said:

I can’t help but think that some of these Chinese car manufacturers could certainly benefit from the services of a European marketing team…

How do you fancy a GWM Ora Funky Cat for city driving, a BYD Seal as your daily driver and a BYD Yangwang U9 for the weekend…?

Having said that, other manufacturers have come out with some stupid names too.

Yes maybe they could head hunt the absolute marketing wizards who came up with Kaptur, Kodiaq, Tiguan, Enyaq, Kamiq, or any of the other meaningless nonsense names Europeans use for their cars that are all indistinguishable from each other anyway.

Funky Cat is a better model name than anything to come out of Europe in just about forever.

Seriously? (Not sure if serious meme needed here).

You think people want to drive a car called a Funky Cat?? Well they don't and that's why the name changed.

No I think it's a st name. I think any of the bullst marketing department created made up words a lot of other manufacturers are using are worse though

A lot of the time, these made up names/words are created to avoid any trademark issues in other countries. You see it across a lot of global industries, especially in online-only businesses.

[drmotorsport]

Frimley111R said:

GeniusOfLove said:

Frimley111R said:

GeniusOfLove said:

Welsh_horsepower said:

I can’t help but think that some of these Chinese car manufacturers could certainly benefit from the services of a European marketing team…

How do you fancy a GWM Ora Funky Cat for city driving, a BYD Seal as your daily driver and a BYD Yangwang U9 for the weekend…?

Having said that, other manufacturers have come out with some stupid names too.

Yes maybe they could head hunt the absolute marketing wizards who came up with Kaptur, Kodiaq, Tiguan, Enyaq, Kamiq, or any of the other meaningless nonsense names Europeans use for their cars that are all indistinguishable from each other anyway.

Funky Cat is a better model name than anything to come out of Europe in just about forever.

Seriously? (Not sure if serious meme needed here).

You think people want to drive a car called a Funky Cat?? Well they don't and that's why the name changed.

No I think it's a st name. I think any of the bullst marketing department created made up words a lot of other manufacturers are using are worse though

A lot of the time, these made up names/words are created to avoid any trademark issues in other countries. You see it across a lot of global industries, especially in online-only businesses.

I don't think it's even that, just a case of the manufacturer saving a few pennies on different badges for different markets. That's why we now have the terminally bland Renault e-Enema or somesuch.

[ajprice]

Honda Orthia, a JDM market estate version of the 1996 EK Civic



Found it after seeing this one on Facebook with a Civic front end and Type R engine swap https://motor-fan.jp/weboption/article/25929/?fbcl...

[carlove]

Saw a new one for me on the M1 today, a Lexus GSF, a big Lexus barge with a 5.0 V8 and quad exhaust. I cannot put into words how much I now want one.

[Catweazle]

carlove said:

Saw a new one for me on the M1 today, a Lexus GSF, a big Lexus barge with a 5.0 V8 and quad exhaust. I cannot put into words how much I now want one.

https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-driven/lexus-g...

Edited by Catweazle on Saturday 9th March 15:58

[GeniusOfLove]

carlove said:

Saw a new one for me on the M1 today, a Lexus GSF, a big Lexus barge with a 5.0 V8 and quad exhaust. I cannot put into words how much I now want one.

Great cars.

What you might lose in ultimate dynamic ability over an M5 you gain in not being totally wked out, knocking like a gate in the wind and smoking like Dot Cotton before it gets to 100k miles

[biggbn]

21st Century Man said:

No dafter than "Peoples Car".

Significantly dafter than people's car, surely a mission statement and a mode of transport

[biggbn]

carlove said:

Saw a new one for me on the M1 today, a Lexus GSF, a big Lexus barge with a 5.0 V8 and quad exhaust. I cannot put into words how much I now want one.

Pukka.

[lowdrag]

For the spelling thread:-

Mitsubishi Starion

[Fermit]

Cadillac Celestiq. Their flagship 'Rolls' like car. I like it. Some Espada vibes going off



Just not in orange, ta.

[youtube]www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnkIVRSshJA&ab_channel=TopGear[/youtube]

Edited by Fermit on Thursday 21st March 19:29

[cjs racing.]

Fermit said:

Cadillac Celestiq. Their flagship 'Rolls' like car. I like it. Some Espada vibes going off



Just not in orange, ta.

[youtube]www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnkIVRSshJA&ab_channel=TopGear[/youtube]

Edited by Fermit on Thursday 21st March 19:29

That rear end makes me think Renault Fuego.

[biggbn]

cjs racing. said:

Fermit said:

Cadillac Celestiq. Their flagship 'Rolls' like car. I like it. Some Espada vibes going off



Just not in orange, ta.

[youtube]www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnkIVRSshJA&ab_channel=TopGear[/youtube]

Edited by Fermit on Thursday 21st March 19:29

That rear end makes me think Renault Fuego.

Makes me think more of an Interceptor. Looks brilliant

[biggbn]

lowdrag said:

For the spelling thread:-

Mitsubishi Starion

Brilliant things, 2 litre or slightly less powerful 2.6, both Turbos, absolute old school riot. I had the old rwd Galant 2000 Turbo, so funny, so quick for its day