Best and worst car names?

[white_goodman]

Sorry if this has already been done before but I find it odd that the best cars often have boring (either a series of numbers or letters) or meaningless names. Which cars have the coolest (and worst) names? Here's a few suggestions.

Cool car, cool name:
Mustang
Pantera
Corvette
Barricuda
Cerbera
Griffith
Vanquish
Stratos
Puma
Interceptor
Charger

Cool names but not so interesting in their native language:
El Camino
Granturismo
Quattroporte
Quattro

Cool name, not so cool car:
Fiesta
Cavalier
Maverick
Beetle
Ka (clever but a little annoying)
Discovery
Defender

Worst names:
Probe
Rexton (sounds like "rectum"!)
Musso
Leaf
Sunny
Ce'ed (what's that all about?)
Impian
G-Wiz
Nippa

So what are your best and worst car names?

Edited by white_goodman on Wednesday 25th January 19:50

[DrTre]

The limited edition Nissan Micra Wave....irradiates the occupants...

[skmoore]

Mazda Bongo Friendee

[Blowfish]

Renault 5 GT Turbo Raider

[darkcat]

you missed Nissan Silvia...

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Nissan Cedric always has a ring to it.

Is it true Pinto means small gentleman sausage in Spanish, that's why Ford struggled to sell them in South America?

[Eighteeteewhy]

Good;

Dodge Charger
TVR Griffith
Dodge Viper

Bad;

McLaren mp4-12c
Renault Wind
Suzuki Cappucino

[Killer2005]

Renault Wind

Very bad

[sparkyhx]

ssangyong Rodius or better 'Odius'
Nova was apparently 'wont go' in spanish

[davepoth]

sparkyhx said:

ssangyong Rodius or better 'Odius'
Nova was apparently 'wont go' in spanish

More properly "It doesn't go".

Who could forget the Toyota st, the Mitsubishi wker, or the Buick wk?

[james_gt3rs]

Killer2005 said:

Renault Wind

Very bad

Nissan Sunny

[F1GTRUeno]

Mitsubishi Carisma.

Highly ironic.

[darkcat]

james_gt3rs said:

Nissan Sunny

read the OP..............

[mrmr96]

458
360
911
928
316
306
etc

[jamesrose]

Nissan cherry ?

[james_gt3rs]

darkcat said:

read the OP..............

oops...

[sherbert90]

Lamborghini Diablo. The 'devil'. Apt name

[kiteless]

Some bad ones:

Triumph Acclaim: from where did it garner any acclaim?
Suzuki Swift: it's not really, is it?
Nissan Sunny: Clarkson got it spot on with the "Nissan Damp Bank Holiday With a Little Bit of Drizzle"
Austin Ambassador: Ambassador for what? Trade-Unionist build quality? Lazy design? General shyteness?

Some good 'uns:

TVR Cerbera: no misunderstanding about what one is buying there, a 3-headed killer dog from hell
AC Cobra: as above but a deadly snake
Bugatti Royale: 'nuff said, IMO

[12gauge]

VW Toe-rag

[ruff'n'smov]

davepoth said:

More properly "It doesn't go".

Who could forget the Toyota st, the Mitsubishi wker, or the Buick wk?

It doesn't go = No se Vaya.
NO - No Va - go....

Nova = no go.. Facil C.S.E espanyol