Worst car name?

[XemaSab]

I nominate the Prius.

It's like a protein-caused disease that gives you a boner. x(

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. Probe

[Richardo]

7. My very first thought.

:hi:

[CreekDog]

115. Somebody is saying that you are dead

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8414932

i thought i should alert you. :evilgrin:

[Richardo]

125. !!

[Ptah]

19. Grand Prix

:hi:

[surrealAmerican]

31. I was about to say that.

Well, either that or Nova (and that's only because of the Spanish translation).

[Ptah]

35. The Spanish translation is Nova,

And Notable doesn't mean no table.

[meow2u3]

45. Nova couldn't be sold in Latin America

because no va is Spanish for "it doesn't go."

[Ptah]

48. What a bunch of ignorant crap.

:fart smell:

[CreekDog]

116. everyone in America knows what Nova meant

at least anyone who drove one. :D

[NMDemDist2]

91. yup, what WERE they thinking on that one???

it was a nice little car IIRC but seriously!

[Zomby Woof]

2. Hummer

[motely36]

3. nova

no go in spanish

[NYC_SKP]

4. Merkur

XR4Ti

Stupid attempt to make a p.o.s ford product exotic with a European sounding name. Epic Fail.

[TreasonousBastard]

102. Except that the Merkur WAS a European car...

the Ford Sierra, that they brought over here.

As I remember, it wasn't bad for the 80's when every manufacturer made sucky cars.

[NYC_SKP]

113. But the name is still sucky. I was in Europe in '84 and remember seeing many

american car models not yet available here, just before Ford introduced the Tempo here, if memory serves.

I remember seeing the Sierras there.

[TreasonousBastard]

119. Their marketing was completely hopeless at the time...

and they failed with a few other models, too.

But, not because the cars sucked-- they just didn't know how to sell them.

[frogmarch]

5. Volvo

It's okay when it's pronounced correctly, though.

[BeachBaby]

6. Pinto.

[bigwillq]

17. I love that word.

We used to have a Pinto. A week after my father got it, my sister peed in the backseat! I have never let her live that down! :rofl:

[flvegan]

8. Nope. It's the Le Car by Renault.

It screams "stupid American" crossing the French and English for "The Car" especially considering "car" in French is feminine, making it l'auto or "la auto" not "le auto".

Idiots.

[mwooldri]

53. Oh, and it drove like Le Crap too. nt

[flvegan]

54. It drove?

Whoa.

[DS1]

74. Nah. Mine was a blast for something all four passengers could stand outside the roof in

at 70mph on the highway, wearing sunglasses

[Red State Rebel]

84. Ahh the memories! Loved my LeCar and that sunroof!! n/t

[Lydia Leftcoast]

56. I know someone who had a yellow LeCar and called it "Le Limon"

:-)

[geardaddy]

90. That's a winner.

*ding*

[LeftyMom]

9. Ford Aspire

1. It's not a Ford if it's Korean. (Chevy has tried this with the Aveo, which is also a tiny underpowered shitbox.)

2. I have no idea what the designers of this car were aspiring to create, but unless they were trying to recreate the ride, power and reliability of the Yugo, they failed.

3. A name suggesting lofty goals would make sense for a luxury car, but not a rather unimpressive subcompact.

[flvegan]

11. Top Gear's Pacific Rim review

Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ_FJnRAcNg&feature=PlayList&p=4A8440677BA94F9F&playnext=1&index=43

Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfhX1NSEocM&feature=related

one of their funniest segments

[LeftyMom]

12. In a further sign that I am your ideal woman: I've already seen it.

:rofl:

[ogneopasno]

37. Totally agree. Not only does it look like an antiperspirant, it sounds like one too.

[Richard Steele]

64. They misspelled "expire". And that's all I have to say about that. nm

[MineralMan]

71. The Aspire was something on four wheels that

aspired to be an automobile...hence the name.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Edsel...nt

[Xipe Totec]

27. GMTA!

See #26 :hi:

[Auggie]

77. Edsel receives my vote

1: Doesn't convey any benefit

2: Sounds old-fashioned

3: Is an ugly-sounding word

[kayakjohnny]

13. Found these strange birds. Didn't make 'em up. There's even a link.

http://www.forbes.com/2004/07/12/cx_dl_0712feat.html



Dodge Diplomat
Pontiac Parisienne
Honda Motor's Life Dunk.
FSO Warszawathe
Invicta Black Prince Wentworth
Oldsmobile Alero
Chevrolet Lumina
Chevrolet Luv truck
Buick Reatta
Checker Superba
Oldsmobile Achieva
Bravada
Firenza
Futuramic
Pontiac Astre
Fiero
Saturn Vue.
Daihatsu Naked
Honda Life Dunk
Honda That's
Isuzu GIGA 20 Light Dump
Mysterious Utility
Mazda Bongo
Mitsubishi Delica Space Gear and Pistachio
Nissan Fairlady Z and Prairie Joy
Rickman Space Ranger
Rinspeed X-Dream
Suzuki Cappucino
Toyota Deliboy and Toyopey
Volkswagen Thing
Volugrafo Bimbo.

[TZ]

16. Hey now

I could see myself driving around in the Daihatsu Naked....:rofl:

[kayakjohnny]

18. Oh really? Hmmmm.

But could we?

[surrealAmerican]

32. "Mitsubishi Delica Space Gear and Pistachio"?

That is either a very bad translation, or they merged with Ben and Jerry's.

[Initech]

46. Mysterious Utility?

I know there is a joke there but I'm not touching it. :evilgrin:

[blondeatlast]

110. See two posts down. I won't do it though--but I'm sooo tempted! nt

[Manifestor_of_Light]

106. I remember THE THING

I asked a lady "What's that thing?"

She said "That's the name of it. It's a thing."

Looked kinda square like a jeep.

[blondeatlast]

109. I swore I wouldn't change my username, but I kinna like "Mysterious Utility!"

:rofl:

[Rob H.]

112. I kinda like the name "Rickman Space Ranger"

It'd be fun if for no other reason than to see the "WTF?" look on people's face when you tell them what car you drive.

[mcctatas]

14. I agree with Probe...

but the best might be the 'Tata Safari'

http://www.tatacarsworldwide.com/products/safari-dicor.asp

[trof]

15. Tang Hua Detroit Fish

[kayakjohnny]

20. I'm not seeing much Tang happenin' in that thing.

[LeftyMom]

22. That car looks like a Dr Seuss illustration.

[surrealAmerican]

34. I'm guessing that thing seats about 15 passengers...

... with red noses.

[Fire Walk With Me]

42. The only person I can imagine driving one of those

would be in an evil clown costume, spraying passers-by with a flamethrower. Perhaps blasting ice-cream truck music.

[DBoon]

50. a pokemon with wheels

?

[TZ]

21. Gremlin

I mean :wtf: ..you name a car after a creature thought to be the cause of mechanical problems? Why don't you just name it Lemon....

[jobycom]

52. It was an appropriate name, doncha think?

[LibDemAlways]

55. Husband had a 1973 Gremlin, Purchased it new. 18 months

and many problems later, he traded it in. He used to call it "Piece of Shit-mobile."

[av8rdave]

23. Many years ago, Dave Letterman had a top ten list of car names that never made it

I don't remember them all, but these few stuck in my brain for some reason:

Pontiac Cyst

Ford Gelding

Oldsmobile Beireuter

[Critters2]

29. Ford Gelding!

:rofl:

[targetpractice]

81. You beat me to the punch!

I still giggle about the Pontiac Cyst!

The number one on the list was the... Yugo ScrewYourself.

[av8rdave]

83. Yugo Screwyourself...I'd forgotten that one!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[NV Whino]

24. Probe is my first choice

But I drive a Honda Fit and that's pretty damned strange. (They are called Jazz in Europe. Much more fitting, if you'll excuse the feeble pun.)

And then there's the VW Rabbit that became the Golf. Golf? WTF?

[HuskerDU]

25. Mercury Mistake

errr Mystique

or

Your Delta Tau Chi car name is... Pinto!

[Xipe Totec]

26. Edsel

[Bertha Venation]

75. Why did the Edsel bomb? Anyone know?

[Xipe Totec]

76. The wrong car at the wrong time

There is no single reason why the Edsel failed, and failed so spectacularly. Popular culture often faults the car’s styling. Consumer Reports cited poor workmanship. Marketing experts hold the Edsel up as a supreme example of corporate America’s failure to understand the nature of the American consumer. Business analysts cite the weak internal support for the product inside Ford’s executive offices. According to author and Edsel scholar Jan Deutsch, the Edsel was "the wrong car at the wrong time."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsel

[CreekDog]

117. because it's grill looked like a

nevermind. :evilgrin:

[Fire Walk With Me]

28. Impact.

They could have named it Crash Test and it would be more comfortable.

[SacredCow]

30. Anything with "fine Corinthian leather" n/t

[geardaddy]

128. Just nitpicking here, but..

wasn't that "rich Corinthian leather?"

[kwassa]

33. Armada

The Spanish sank, too.

Nissan's contribution to monster SUVs.

[applegrove]

36. Pinto. Pinto is a bean.

[lightningandsnow]

38. It's also Brazillian slang for "small penis".

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pinto&page=2

[applegrove]

40. I never would have guessed that.

[otherlander]

51. Wasn't there another car name

that turned out to be Spanish slang for "chronic masturbator"?

[snooper2]

68. You would have bought a Pinto had you seen this commerical

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX-Zk_LNZWg

Coming September 11th

[applegrove]

96. I knew it was a horse too. I just thought saying it was a bean was funnier.

[pokerfan]

39. Charade

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daihatsu_Charade

[Tommy_Carcetti]

41. Kia Rondo?

Apparently dreamt up by someone in Kia whose first name was Ron, and wanted a car named after him.

[SoxFan]

97. Rondo?

[mwooldri]

43. Yaris. By far, definitely the Yaris.

Yaris in the UK sounds like a slang name for your butt.

[midnight armadillo]

47. and it's FUGLY

The 3-door Yaris is by far the ugliest car on the road today in the US.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

80. I'd still go with the Scion xB as ugliest car.

A.K.A. the toaster on wheels.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

105. Like an Army Truck but without the charm and panache.

:D

[XemaSab]

44. Crossfire

Being caught in the Crossfire is NOT a good thing.

[bridgit]

49. Saxon

[Inchworm]

57. Olds Eighty-eight

They stopped making them around 2000.

I have one and it sucks sayin.. It's a ninety, Eighty-eight.

:D

[LeftyMom]

85. It's named for the average age of the driver. nt

[Eurobabe]

58. I'm with you, Prius, sounds like Pruitis

It makes me want to scratch my backside. :rofl:

[Eurobabe]

59. Punto!

HAHA!! :rofl: by Fiat.

Way too close to PUNTA!(whore)

[NYC_SKP]

114. Or Priapus. I have one!

A Pruis, that is.

[hedgetrimmer]

60. Yugo, but thecar stays where it was.

[bluesbassman]

61. Aztec = a slur on a proud people's name

Quite possibly the ugliest car ever from Detroit.

[Robb]

130. Wasn't that the one with the integrated camping tent in the rear?

Just a funny idea, in a funnier-looking car. :D

[krispos42]

62. Festiva

:wtf:

[FloridaJudy]

63. "Armada"

Let me guess: history was not your best subject in school, right?

[blondeatlast]

111. My choice as well--I giggle every time and there's many in my area. nt

[Richard Steele]

65. Seems you've all overlooked the greatest Car-Name blunder in history: the Chevy NOVA.

Most auto manufacturers have"marketing" departments
that do this stuff called "research"...
They give cars different names when they sell them in different
markets.

Just for example: Mel Gibson wasn't driving a Mach1 Mustang Fastback
when he made his theatrical bones in "Mad Max" and "The Road Warrior"...
he was driving an "Acadian Canso".
WHY that was a good name for a big 70's musclecar in Australia, I have no idea.

But there's lot's of stuff about Australia that I'll never understand.
Hey, it's an entire continent full of people who spend their lives
upside-down, hanging on to this planet with their TOES.
I'm not even gonna try to pretend that I understand them, or their odd car names.


Anyway, Chevrolet had a great big "Best Seller" with the Chevy NOVA,
and it thought it could open up a whole new market by shipping them down
to some of the major cities in South America.

They shipped 20 thousand cars, & they sold about 50 of them.

Eventually, some bilingual minor clerk crunching the numbers on the piles
of paperwork involved in the debacle mentioned the fact that,
in Spanish, "NoVa" translates to "Does Not Go".

[Ptah]

70. Sad that some people believe that.

:cry:

[Richard Steele]

100. No, it's TRUE, I'm telling you!

Those folks are completely upside-down all the time!

:rofl:

[kentauros]

101. I guess I'll have to ask my NZ girlfriend

to stand on her head when we Skype

[Richard Steele]

103. Oh, you crazy kids today!

I bet she'll do it, too... I hear them NZ girls are
very "open minded".

[Throd]

66. Wartburg or Borgward

[Deep13]

67. Anything that is just numbers or letters with numbers.

There's just no imagination there.

The worst I think is naming a sports car after the phone number for the police. Porsche nine-eleven.

[auntAgonist]

69. worst car manufacturer name "Citroen" lemon.

[MineralMan]

73. And there's the 2CV, which translates to

deux cheveaux, which translates to the two horses needed to drag the thing around when it breaks down.

[hunter]

87. Isn't the 2CV the original automobile "Lemon?"

Wikipedia

[FloridaJudy]

126. I owned one of those once.

It tried to kill me.

[sarge43]

72. Ford has a near genius for bad names

Escape (in case of accident care to bet your life on that?)

Saturn (Roman god of limitations, restrictions, also devoured his children)

Aztec (Native Americans with lousy PR)

Edsel (classic "half the man your daddy was" loser)

[sarge43]

78. My bad

Saturn is GM's contestant in the stupid name contest.

[LeftyMom]

86. And the Aztec was a Pontiac- also GM.

/me dispatches army of Saturn cultists to your location

[sarge43]

89. Screwed the pooch on that one. :(

You can call off the cultists. I own a Sat.

[sarge43]

79. My bad

Saturn is GM's contestant in the stupid name contest.

[targetpractice]

82. I delivered pizzas in my Mom's...

Oldsmobile Custom Cutlass Cruiser -- a HUGE baby blue station wagon with fake woodgrain side panels. I would occasionally knock down a mailbox across the street when backing out of a customer's driveway. I always left a note, but it was like driving the USS Poseidon.

Previously my Mom had a Chevrolet Kingswood Estate -- another station wagon, but beige with fake wood.

[JVS]

98. You left a note, but what did it say? "Ooops. Sorry! Have fun repairing the box."?

[targetpractice]

99. Mea culpa...

"I'm sorry about your mailbox. Call Dominos and ask for TargetPractice."

This happened two or three times (because it was looong station wagon)... I delivered a some free pizza dinners and made them happy.

[CreekDog]

118. It was not like that, stop exaggerating

The Poseidon had a tighter turning circle.

[KansDem]

88. The "Cricket"

The Plymouth Cricket was a subcompact automobile sold by the Plymouth division of Chrysler Corporation in the American market from 1971 to 1973. The car was a captive import, a rebadged version of the British Hillman Avenger, built by Chrysler's UK subsidiary (formerly the Rootes Group). Curiously, only a four-door sedan and station wagon were available, at a time when two-door subcompacts were much more popular, and a two-door body was sold in the Avenger range.

CarType


1971 Cricket

I had a friend who had this car and I always thought I'd like to have one too. It's just that when I thought of the name, it reminded me of an insect...

[geardaddy]

92. What about the infamous K-car?

:shrug:

[kentauros]

93. Avalanche

What's next? Earthquake? Subduction-Zone? Tsunami?

[Ikonoklast]

127. Toyota had a Celica Tsunami that was re-named

after the disaster struck.

[geardaddy]

94. Duster?

Gremlin?

[Phentex]

95. Ram

RAM????

From DODGE no less, lol.

[Lionel Mandrake]

104. SUX 3000

in RoboCop

[JCMach1]

107. Fiat, Punto

http://cars.lycos.co.uk/imagecache/file/300/archive/Fiat/Punto%20(94-99)/punto.jpg

Unfortunate, Italian POS

[LaydeeBug]

108. Yugo. nt

[PassingFair]

120. I did a mock campaign for a "women's" car that I called "The Ford Estrus"

Nobody liked it.

Most people didn't even "get" it,
although the photography showed
a group of men looking at the
back end of my retouched red car...

It was my answer to the Ferrari Testarossa.

[Lionel Mandrake]

123. Ferrari Red Ball?

[Lionel Mandrake]

121. The dealers have lots of them.

The sign on the lot says "Prii galore!"

[Lionel Mandrake]

122. or maybe "Fiat Prius"

[AlCzervik]

124. Studebaker Dictator

amusing.

[tabbycat31]

129. of the modern cars

any car who is too lazy to think of a name so they use something alphanumeric intsead. It's mostly the high end cars that do this. For example, the Lexus SUV "RX300"

I'm sorry, but when I see "RX" I think of drugs, not a car.

The alphanumeric names just show a lack of creativity on their part IMO.