Car Names that annoy you!

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PsychoAndy

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the vw thing

"dad, i gotta run to the post office. i'll take the thing."
"youre gonna take what now?"
"THE THING!"
"What thing?"
"THE THING......IN THE DRIVEWAY"
"Oh, your moms mustang cobra?"
"%#$#%#&*$&$%&* DAMNIT I'M JUST GONNA TAKE MY 10 SPEED SCHWINN"
 

notfred

Lifer
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Any of the Kias
Vibe, Aztek, Neon, Probe, actually probably anything with 5 letters or less.....
 

JC

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<< Ford Probe >>



How could I forget that one??? The one that originally bugged me!
 

BigLance

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Ford Powerstroke .. that is cheezy

Ford Probe .. Sounds nasty

Ford Focus .. weird, what am I focusing on.. that ugly slow POS ?

Dodge Neon .. shouldnt it glow ?

 

AngelSentFromUpAbove

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<< hyundai esteem, who needs a car called esteem? Besides, my lawnmower has more power than that thing >>



Don't you mean Suzuki Esteem?
 

Ornery

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What does the 'PT' in PT Cruiser stand for? I looked on their site, but couldn't find the answer.

And does the name make the car or the car make the name? I'm certain it's the latter. Can you name an awesome car with a 'stupid' name? Can you name a lame car with a great name?
 
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Dodge Diplomat, wtf type of name is that for a car?? (think it was dodge)
Plymoth Duster (???????)
Plymoth Laser (?????????????????)

Think those are the right makes
 

SuperSix

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<< What does the 'PT' in PT Cruiser stand for? >>



"Purely Tasteless?"
"Past Thirty"?
"Pure Trash?"
"Perfect Turd"?

Muhahahahaha
 

Hossenfeffer

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The car I'm driving now.... The Plymouth Breeze.

Nothing says "I'm a man" like driving a Breeze
rolleye.gif
 

LAUST

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All names are kinda dumb why do you name a car a name after another object or animal?... I like Numbers and Letters.

Z-28
Z-71
S-10
K-10/20/30/1500/2500/3500
F-150/250/350
Model A
Model T
39 Ford Coupe
SN95
ZR-1
ZR-2
ZL-1
 

JC

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Feb 1, 2000
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<< Ford Echo >>



Uhhh....that's Toyota Echo. And it's one ugly bastard!
 

CraigRT

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Windstar, Sunbird, Aztec

Sunbird is the worst.. what a RETARDED name.. what the hell is a SUN BIRD...??? i hate names with absolutely no meaning.. i mean i am not dissing cars, just names here.. Sunbird, Sunfire, Windstar, Aerostar.. those are such retarded names.
 

Pepsi90919

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<< hyundai esteem, who needs a car called esteem? Besides, my lawnmower has more power than that thing >>

you mean suzuki?
 

Pepsi90919

Lifer
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<< Ford Focus
Ford(?) Town & Country

WTF kind of name is Town & Country for a minivan????????
>>

it's chrysler. they used that name before for a station wagon and carried it over.
 

Pepsi90919

Lifer
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<< Windstar, Sunbird, Aztec

Sunbird is the worst.. what a RETARDED name.. what the hell is a SUN BIRD...??? i hate names with absolutely no meaning.. i mean i am not dissing cars, just names here.. Sunbird, Sunfire, Windstar, Aerostar.. those are such retarded names.
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yeah, pontiac has some pretty unimaginative naming.

sunbird
sunfire
firebird
 
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<< everytime i see a MUSTANG COBRA.. i just want to beat the hell out of the person who named it. i mean.. come on.. what the hell is a HORSE SNAKE?!?! pick ONE animal and stick to it. >>



Someone correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't it the great Carroll Shelby himself who came up with that name? (Albeit Shelby Mustang Cobra or something along those lines)



<< Ford(?) Town & Country

WTF kind of name is Town & Country for a minivan????????
>>



It's CHRYSLER



<< Ford Powerstroke .. that is cheezy >>



Powerstroke isn't the name of a car or a truck



<< Ford Echo >>



Someone doesn't know their cars

LAUST - you forgot M3, M5, A4, S4 too :D
 

Perknose

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<<Someone correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't it the great Carroll Shelby himself who came up with that name? (Albeit Shelby Mustang Cobra or something along those lines)

Yeah, Caroll Shelby first created the truly famous, endlessly kit car reincarnated, Shelby AC Cobra, with a Ford 289 V-8 (and later the 427) in that beautiful British AC Bristol body (built by AC since the fifties for/with a 4 cylinder, like the Sunbeam Alpine become Sunbeam Tiger, with the same Ford small block V-8). Soon thereafter, Ford hired him to tart up their Mustangs in house and grace them with the now famous Cobra name.

<<it's {Town and Country} chrysler. they used that name before for a station wagon and carried it over.>>

That name goes back further than the '60's onwards Chrysler station wagons you're most likely referring to, all the way back to the distinctive and eminently collectible real wood "woody" post war sedans and convertibles.
Ford's wagon was the Country Squire -- it's fake wood applique meant it was top 'o the line! :)

But, HEY, someone help me out here. The real reason I'm in this thread is for ugly car model names, and I can't remember, but an oriental manufacturer who came "relatively" late to the US market had a whole range, like four different names, that sounded like computer generated rejects picked by a non-English speaker. They were hands down the lamest car model names I had ever heard, and were all replace after only a couple of years. For some reason, I can't shake the feeling it was Mitsubishi, but I guess that's wrong, so it must have been some Korean manufacturer -- but not Hyundai or Kia -- was it Daewoo? CAN ANYONE HELP ME OUT HERE? :confused:

Trust me, these names were the absolute worst!












 

Fausto

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Nov 29, 2000
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Ford Aspire doesn't make me especially angry, but does make me laugh. It's barely a car....as in "aspiring" to be a real car.

Maybe I'm just a dork, but I still think it was an unfortunate name choice.

Fausto
 

geno

Lifer
Dec 26, 1999
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Ford Escort
Ford Festiva (WTF is so festive about this trash can!??!)
Ford Probe (worst name EVER!)
Chrysler Conquest (haha, right)
Pontiac Vibe
Acura Vigor
(Ford?) Pinto
AMC Gremlin (right, AMC made them?)
Toyota Matrix
VW EuroVan
 

Masas

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Feb 11, 2001
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WHY ISN'T THE ISUZU AMIGO ON THIS LIST????
remember the damn commercials with that ANNOYING GAY guy in it?
)#(*&$ :disgust:
 

Cyberian

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<< That name goes back further than the '60's onwards Chrysler station wagons you're most likely referring to, all the way back to the distinctive and eminently collectible real wood "woody" post war sedans and convertibles >>

My friend's Dad had one of these (convertible!) when I was in High School.
That was some nice car!