Most Groovy Car Model Name Ever ?

[Hatson]

Pontiac Tempest Gran Turismo Olomagato.

[CanAm]

REO Speedwagon......well at least the name is cool

[eldar]

SirTK said:

Charger can't win - a charger is a plate.

Or prison slang for a contraband container to hide stuff up the arse...

[DoubleD]

eldar said:

SirTK said:

Charger can't win - a charger is a plate.

Or prison slang for a contraband container to hide stuff up the arse...

You would certainly want to dodge that!

[The Li-ion King]

The Continental name for the Dispatch van

[neil1jnr]

Osinjak said:

'Groovy?' Dude, the 1970s called, they want their language back.

'Dude?' The 1980's called, and they wan their word back.

[neil1jnr]

Baldchap said:

CanAm said:

I remember seeing a programme by Clarkson years ago on the Japanese motoring scene.
In a motoring supermarket there was a range of expensive alloy wheels with totally random English words engraved around the rims. Not unlike the yoovs with cool tattoos that turn out to mean "Chinese takeaway".

Which doesn't make a lot of sense as the majority actually speak good English.

Not saying they don't do it ( I saw it too), just can't understand why.

Do they? I have a friend who immigrated there a while back, and he was most surprised at how little English (if any at all) that most Japanese could speak.

[DelicaL400]

lastofthev8s said:

the Mitsubishi Delica Space Gear?

Grooviest name ever

[Digby]

DelicaL400 said:

lastofthev8s said:

the Mitsubishi Delica Space Gear?

Grooviest name ever

Don't forget the Mitsubishi RVR Hyper Sports Gear-R

I had a Mitsi RVR, and a Space Star and a Space runner.

They liked the word "space", clearly.

[Hatson]

Toyota Lucida Charme Pleasure Wagon (Japanese mobile brothel maybe)

[Digby]

Digby said:

DelicaL400 said:

lastofthev8s said:

the Mitsubishi Delica Space Gear?

Grooviest name ever

Don't forget the Mitsubishi RVR Hyper Sports Gear-R

I had a Mitsi RVR, and a Space Star and a Space runner.

They liked the word "space", clearly.

In fact, if you want the full title of the RVR, it would be the 'Recreation Vehicle Runner Hyper Sports Gear-R' (It also used an Evo 3 engine)

Surely that's quite groovy?

Edited by Digby on Monday 16th December 23:15

[nobrakes]

OddCat said:

P5BNij said:

Jensen Interceptor

^^^^^ definitely this

https://youtu.be/qLp4FhDAfQk

Yep, ^ this.

[cobra kid]

Cobra??

[HealeyV8]

How about Countach or "Holy Crap" as it supposedly means

[kiseca]

neil1jnr said:

Osinjak said:

'Groovy?' Dude, the 1970s called, they want their language back.

'Dude?' The 1980's called, and they wan their word back.

Saturday Night Live called, they want their joke back.



For grooviest car name, I find I'm biased by whether I like the car or not.

Previously mentioned are two winners for me: The Jensen Interceptor and the Countach.

Also to add (don't think it came up yet): De Tomaso Mangusta - apparently so named because De Tomaso intended it to be the Cobra's nemesis

Two cool names that I think were never actually official names on the cars they refer to: The Ferrari Daytona Spyder and Berlinetta Boxer.

And then the one that makes me believe my bias is involved: When I was growing up in SA the Dassault Mirage F1 was the air force's premier fighter jet. It looked cool and had the coolest name. Later on, my first really decent bicycle was a Peugeot Mirage. I think Mirage is a cool name, but not on that Mitsubishi

[Baldchap]

neil1jnr said:

Baldchap said:

CanAm said:

I remember seeing a programme by Clarkson years ago on the Japanese motoring scene.
In a motoring supermarket there was a range of expensive alloy wheels with totally random English words engraved around the rims. Not unlike the yoovs with cool tattoos that turn out to mean "Chinese takeaway".

Which doesn't make a lot of sense as the majority actually speak good English.

Not saying they don't do it ( I saw it too), just can't understand why.

Do they? I have a friend who immigrated there a while back, and he was most surprised at how little English (if any at all) that most Japanese could speak.

Went to Tokyo in March for the marathon having heard the same, we were all pleasantly surprised at the English signage (not new) and amount of spoken English we came across during a week of exploring Tokyo and further afield.

Maybe it's a city thing?

There's about eight squillion islands ranging from ultra modern high tech, to living in a cave at the turn of last millennium, from what I can gather.

Edited by Baldchap on Tuesday 17th December 13:15

[Hatson]

Groovy Car

Stingray

[sinbaddio]

The Gaylord Gladiator?

[fathomfive]

nikaiyo2 said:

Satsuma Castanet XR4 Turbo.

That's not a car. It's a fanny magnet.

[feef]

fathomfive said:

nikaiyo2 said:

Satsuma Castanet XR4 Turbo.

That's not a car. It's a fanny magnet.

My boy's mum has a C4 Grand Picasso.
That's quite a fanny magnet too,

Whenever I drive that, I seem to come across far more fannies on the road than when I'm in my own car.