Altogether different cars that share names

[SuperNads]

How many examples are there of manufacturers reusing names of models for cars which have nothing to do with the car they are named after? The few in my mind are:

Ford Puma - sporty Fiesta based coupé to swollen 'SUV' Fiesta



MG ZS - boy racer's Rover 45 into tight pensioner's runabout




And the BMW 6 series - sleek coupé into lardy, tall, hatchback 5 series which no-one ever bought...



I guess the Ford Cougar/Kuga also counts but can you think of any more?

[cerb4.5lee]

The Mustang and the Mustang Mach-E.

[James_33]

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Mustang to me should be V8 only

[Doofus]

SuperNads said:

And the BMW 6 series - sleek coupé into lardy, tall, hatchback 5 series which no-one ever bought...

I appreciate that the 6 series and the 5 series GT are different cars, but they don't share the same name.

[Cliftonite]

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Ford Mustang

Beat me by 5 minutes! What a waste/ruination of an iconic name!

[Blakewater]

Volkswagen Bora and Lamborghini Bora, as both manufacturers traditionally name their cars after winds.

One variation of the Vauxhall Frontera was sold in Japan as the Honda Jazz in the 90s.

https://www.carthrottle.com/post/x7p744q/

[SuperNads]

Doofus said:

I appreciate that the 6 series and the 5 series GT are different cars, but they don't share the same name.

They renamed the 5 series GT to the 6 series once the 6 series became the 8 series!

[Reltub]

Nova, Uk and USA

[CanAm]

Blakewater said:

Volkswagen Bora and Lamborghini Bora, as both manufacturers traditionally name their cars after winds.

One variation of the Vauxhall Frontera was sold in Japan as the Honda Jazz in the 90s.

https://www.carthrottle.com/post/x7p744q/

You meant to type Maserati Bora of course.

[Reltub]

[Reltub]

[WY86]

SuperNads said:

They renamed the 5 series GT to the 6 series once the 6 series became the 8 series!

Pretty sure they didn’t, on the BMW website it jumps from 5 to 7. Pretty sure the GT got discontinued not rebranded.

[Tango13]

Triumph motorcycles, Meridian vs Hinckley models. Since being relaunched in 1991 I'm pretty certain every model name has been reused at some point.

1970 Daytona...

2006 Daytona

[anonymous-user]

Doofus said:

SuperNads said:

And the BMW 6 series - sleek coupé into lardy, tall, hatchback 5 series which no-one ever bought...

I appreciate that the 6 series and the 5 series GT are different cars, but they don't share the same name.

The bottom one is the latest 6 series

[SuperNads]

WY86 said:

Pretty sure they didn’t, on the BMW website it jumps from 5 to 7. Pretty sure the GT got discontinued not rebranded.

Not sure if you're trolling me or not but here you go

https://www.whatcar.com/bmw/6-series/hatchback/rev...

[craigjm]

CanAm said:

Blakewater said:

Volkswagen Bora and Lamborghini Bora, as both manufacturers traditionally name their cars after winds.

One variation of the Vauxhall Frontera was sold in Japan as the Honda Jazz in the 90s.

https://www.carthrottle.com/post/x7p744q/

You meant to type Maserati Bora of course.

Lamborghini use names of bulls right?

[Don1]

Tango13 said:

Triumph motorcycles, Meridian vs Hinckley models. Since being relaunched in 1991 I'm pretty certain every model name has been reused at some point.

1970 Daytona...

2006 Daytona

Add on the Ferrari Daytona...

[craigjm]

Is this going to turn into a “shock horror modern car doesn’t look like a car from 50 years ago” thread

[CanAm]

craigjm said:

CanAm said:

Blakewater said:

Volkswagen Bora and Lamborghini Bora, as both manufacturers traditionally name their cars after winds.

One variation of the Vauxhall Frontera was sold in Japan as the Honda Jazz in the 90s.

https://www.carthrottle.com/post/x7p744q/

You meant to type Maserati Bora of course.

Lamborghini use names of bulls right?

And Maserati often used winds, eg Bora, Khamsin, Mistral etc.

[Doofus]

SuperNads said:

Doofus said:

I appreciate that the 6 series and the 5 series GT are different cars, but they don't share the same name.

They renamed the 5 series GT to the 6 series once the 6 series became the 8 series!

Did they? Blimey!