Crap car names....

[Kentish]

Isuzu Big Horn


:snigger:

Edited by Kentish on Friday 15th June 13:23

[ASBO]

tank slapper said:

Nissan Urban Dump

If that is genuine, we surely have a winner.

[anonymous-user]

dougc said:

Mazda Bongo Friendee anyone?

Thought I'd ressurect this thread. I finally saw one of these parked up today and actually burst out laughing. The owner (who was sat in it) was not pleased. Oh and incidentally:

tank slapper said:

Nissan Urban Dump

MrKipling43 said:

Isuzu Mysterious Utility Wizard

Toyota Estima Lucida G Luxury Joyful Canopy

Yamaha Pantryboy Supreme

Isuzu Big Horn

[kambites]

I found it vaguely amusing when told, by an American friend, that a Jetta was a "rabbit with a trunk"... I just like the image that brings up somehow.

[shalmaneser]

CommanderJameson said:

Toyota Townace Royal Lounge.



Everything about that name is wrong.

Edited by CommanderJameson on Thursday 17th May 12:10

That is not for real is it? Please say it is....

'Royal Lounge@

[Twincam16]

An Italian region of Switzerland once had an automotive firm that made commercials, buses and trains.

They were called Ferrovie Autolinee Regionali Ticinese.

As with all Italian firms, they shortened it to an acronym.

[L100NYY]

Twincam16 said:

An Italian region of Switzerland once had an automotive firm that made commercials, buses and trains.

They were called Ferrovie Autolinee Regionali Ticinese.

As with all Italian firms, they shortened it to an acronym.

Did the horns make a parp noise too?!?!

[itsallyellow]

ian_c_uk said:

Anything that was named after one extra feature...

Mazda 3 "mp3"

Fiesta "fresh" (yes, a pop out sunroof)

etc

????

Since when has there been a car called the Mazda 3 mp3??

You have an MPS standing for Mazda performance series...

Dont no of a model called an mp3!!

[sniff petrol]

itsallyellow said:

ian_c_uk said:

Anything that was named after one extra feature...

Mazda 3 "mp3"

Fiesta "fresh" (yes, a pop out sunroof)

etc

????

Since when has there been a car called the Mazda 3 mp3??

You have an MPS standing for Mazda performance series...

Dont no of a model called an mp3!!

They did a Focus MP3 in the early 2000's IIRC

[BlueEyedBoy]

VRB03KT CAVOK said:

Robin Hood said:

fatboy b said:

Luckily the Ford Ka Si never made it to production.

There is a Sportka SE

http://www.ford.co.uk/ie/ka/Ka_models/ka_model_spo...

"Be prepared for the ride of your life. Sportka SE has got a powerful 95 PS 1.6i engine that fires you from 0 to 62 in a breathtaking 9.7 seconds. It has leather trimmed seats and its wide 16” alloy wheels grip the road like claws…"

The boys in marketing sure can come up with some sh*te when the have to...

Its a cracking car though. Lose the rubbish about 9.7 0-62 and the rest is fairly accurate, it has very good grip and can hold a lot of that speed.

[aka_kerrly]

will2425 said:

the VW range of puns

The Golf Match and Golf Caddy, and now the Polo Match too

Does anyone know if there were any more?

There were a few other Golf names that were sport related - Ryder , Champion, and tour
following the rolling stones there was also the Pink Floyd and bon Jovi and the polo Genesis

[Wadeski]

Am i alone in thinking those bizarre jap names are really cool?

I love the way they dont give a stuff what it means, but it sounds good to them.

Bongo Friendly a bit hard to pronounce (Flendly? Frendry?)...who cares? just butcher it to Friendee and job done. top stuff

Mysterious Utility is genius too.

Edited by Wadeski on Friday 15th February 15:04

[Gooby]

Skoda Labia.

[Curator]

On a limited edition moped in Tokyo:

Suzuki Jog Poodle

...and a recent 4x4 show concept by Hyundai: the Getz Cross

[minimoog]

Kentish said:

Isuzu Big Horn

:snigger:

Nearly bought one of them. It's fractionally less amusing when you write it properly i.e. Bighorn, but I was still relieved when I found and bought the Honda-badged version with the dull-but-safe Horizon moniker.

[speedtwelve]

Not a 'car name' but some associated marketing blurb.
I had this bizarre Engrish statement emblazoned on the mats in my MR2 Turbo.

'A Man in Dandism'. WTF???
I love the Japanese psyche...

[Negative Creep]

I give you the Mazda Scrum Wagon



i don't know about you, but if I ever saw one parked up I'd have to sneak up and prise off the 'r'

[mybrainhurts]

retro80sboy said:

The old easten european car company "Wartburg" used to make me chuckle.

http://maxon.net/pages/gallery/pix/wartburg.jpg

Ah, yes...the Wartburg Isabella

Nice...

[zaktoo]

mybrainhurts said:

retro80sboy said:

The old easten european car company "Wartburg" used to make me chuckle.

http://maxon.net/pages/gallery/pix/wartburg.jpg

Ah, yes...the Wartburg Isabella

Nice...

Borgward Isabella, shirley?

[Benni]

madleee said:

There was a micro car built in the 60's called the JANUS.
Imagine how you could change that name?

Well, although the car was certanly not a PHers dream,
the name was choosen rightly by the Zündapp Company :
http://images.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http://uploa...

HTH,
Benni