country with best car names?

[Famine]

Murcielago = Bat (which is why Bruce Wayne drives one in Batman Begins)...

And Zonda is, along with many Maserati names, a wind.

 

[Dave A]

Murcielago means bat, but the car was named after a famous bull called Murcielago that was bred by the Muira breeders.

 

[Poverty]

America has got this one hands down:

Corvette, Camaro, Impala, Chevelle, Trans-Am Viper, Barracuda (or 'Cuda), Challenger, Charger, Daytona, Roadrunner, Superbird, Mustang, Torino, Talladega, Thunderbird, Grand Sport (or GS), Grand National (or GN), Cutlass, GTO, etc...

Id agree to some point, but overall I find american car names kinda cheesy. I say this because alot of the boring and crappy cars have these wonderful names, that they never live up to. Its as if they spent more time thinking about what to call it, and its marketing than the actaul designing of the vehicle.

 

[Alex.]

Murcielago = Bat (which is why Bruce Wayne drives one in Batman Begins)...

And Zonda is, along with many Maserati names, a wind.

is there a wind called MC12 or Cambiocorsa?

 

[niky]

Actually, Testarossa was the only one there I didn't know.

Cambiocorsa actually refers to the gearbox.

Good point, Famine, about Maserati "Wind" names... one of my favorite names is a Maser name... Khamsin...

Hell, even colors sound terrifically sexy in Italian... Rosso... for one...

 

[harrytuttle]

There's a good list here:
http://www.channel4.com/4car/feature/feature.jsp?id=3054

My favorite is the "Suzuki Van Van"...although it's a bike.

Just about all of Lamborghini's car names were of or related to bulls or bullfighting. Diablo and Murcielago were famous bulls, Gallardo is a breed of fighting bulls, Espada is Spanish for "matador's sword"...I can't figure out the rest.

 

[GT4_Rule]

OMFG ROFL I like that Mitsubishi Mum 500 Shall We Join Us

Thanks harrytuttle for the link

 

[CDailey]

Italy. 👍

 

[Max_DC]

There's a good list here:
http://www.channel4.com/4car/feature/feature.jsp?id=3054

My favorite is the "Suzuki Van Van"...although it's a bike.

Just about all of Lamborghini's car names were of or related to bulls or bullfighting. Diablo and Murcielago were famous bulls, Gallardo is a breed of fighting bulls, Espada is Spanish for "matador's sword"...I can't figure out the rest.

Great link, thx

 

[Dave A]

Muira was named after the famous Muira ranch where fighting bulls were bred.

 

[zoxxy]

Murcielago means bat, but the car was named after a famous bull called Murcielago that was bred by the Muira breeders.

OMFG!!! FAMINE WAS PROVED WRONG!!!
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[daan]

You need to go and look up the definition of "proof". Someone else saying something different does not constitute proof.

Murciélago (meaning bat in Spanish) was a famous bull from Joaquin del Val di Navarra's farm, partly responsible for the fame of the Miura breeders.

And anyway, all Famine did was to say that "Murcielago = bat" which it does. He didn't say that the murcielago was named after a bat, did he?

 

[Jondot]

Who voted for korea? They have names like DFS sofas ffs...

Sorrento, Sedona, Rio, Trajet, Getz, Accent.... Oh, i guess "Coupe" is alright...

I went for UK, although it was close between that and the US.

Oh, there we go. It was Doug...

 

[Dave A]

all Famine did was to say that "Murcielago = bat" which it does. He didn't say that the murcielago was named after a bat, did he?

Exactley, he was spot on with regards to what Murcielago meant. It just wasn't the reason the car was given that name, which he never claimed otherwise.

 

[Scaff]

Italy is a bit of mixed bag as far as good names go, while a lot of the names sound good in Italian once you translate them they can sound more than a bit rubbish.

Fiat Cinquecento = 500
Fiat Seicento = 600
Fiat Barcetta = Small Boat
Fiat Uno = One
Maseratti Quattroporte = Four Doors
Ferrari 360 Modena Challenge Stradale = Birmingham (replace with your national semi-industrial town that makes/made cars) Street Challenge

or my current favorite

Fiat Sedici = Sixteen

So called because its a 4x4 and 4x4=16, seriously thats the concept behind the name.

Regards

Scaff

 

[Famine]

Exactley, he was spot on with regards to what Murcielago meant. It just wasn't the reason the car was given that name, which he never claimed otherwise.

Quite - we were both right. I was just adding some more information as to the meaning of the word.

In actual fact, the bull was named Murcielago - meaning bat - and the car was named for the bull. The bull was bred at the Miura ranch, for which another car was named (though I've no idea what Miura itself means).


Countach - one of Lamborghini's most famed - is actually an exclamation in the Piedmontese dialect of Italian, which approximately translates as "**** me!" or, for the more polite amongst us, "Gosh!".

 

[niky]

That's the whole point... everything sounds better in a Romantic language like Italian, even the most mundane or expletive things.

That's why the Japanese love sticking English names with little meaning or relevance to the actual car on their products... they just love listening to English, even though their marketing departments seem to barely comprehend it.

Take the Honda Life Dunk, for example.

 

[Scaff]

I still think the best Japanese one has to be the 'Starion'.

Even if we will never know if it was simply a mistake and should have been called the 'Stallion' its a great story.

Ta

Scaff

 

[TheCracker]

It has to be Japan - any country that names a luxury sedan 'Cedric' wins hands down IMO.

 

[Famine]

Mmm... the BMW M-Nigel...

 

[ExigeEvan]

Japan, just simply for all the trim names on the Misubushi L200. Warrior, Bandit etc

 

[High-Test]

America.

Skylark, Ram, Rocket, Hornet, Wildcat, Electra, Bearcat, Bel-Air, El Camino, Galaxie, Fairlane, Thunderbird, Mustang, Nomad,

Car names are all weak and girly sounding now.

 

[87chevy]

I voted for japan!




just as a joke though, because japan has some of the dumbest names for cars I've ever seen. But they did give us gems like, Supra, Celica, and Skyline.

 

[mwoodski]

Japan, Hands down.

Silvia
Celsior
Aristo
Challenger(I know its also a Plymouth, but Mitsu uses it on their version of the Montero)
Shogun(UK name for Montero)
Celica
Fairlady
Gazelle
Starion
Torneo(Accord Euro-R JDM Name)
Triton
Escudo
Stagea
Legend
Concerto
Saber
Lagreat
Altezza
Chaser
Soarer
Harrier
Land Crusier
Cosmo
etc.

 

[McLaren]

Quite - we were both right. I was just adding some more information as to the meaning of the word.

In actual fact, the bull was named Murcielago - meaning bat - and the car was named for the bull. The bull was bred at the Miura ranch, for which another car was named (though I've no idea what Miura itself means).


Countach - one of Lamborghini's most famed - is actually an exclamation in the Piedmontese dialect of Italian, which approximately translates as "**** me!" or, for the more polite amongst us, "Gosh!".

Many have said it means "Oh wow" as well which could be "related" to "Gosh!"

 

[red70mach1]

Japan too.👍

 

[ExigeEvan]

America.

Skylark, Ram, Rocket, Hornet, Wildcat, Electra, Bearcat, Bel-Air, El Camino, Galaxie, Fairlane, Thunderbird, Mustang, Nomad,

Car names are all weak and girly sounding now.

Out of al them only Ram, Mustang and Wildcat sound even slightly 'tough' to me.

 

[Famine]

Many have said it means "Oh wow" as well which could be "related" to "Gosh!"

It doesn't quite convey the meaning of the word. It's an expression of surprise in the form of a fornication-related expletive.

I suppose it's the Piedmont equivalent of the Yorkshire "Chuffin' Nora!".

 

[GT4_Rule]

Now Japan is getting more votes than US/UK and half of those votes are only a joke...

 

[Trike Kid]

America, cause, we're just better than the rest of you. I'll do it by brand, since half of you don't know who made an M-37 or the Thunderbolt

Dodge:
Ram
Power Wagon
M-37
Viper
Charger
Challenger
Magnum (the 78-79, not the new ones)

Ford:
F150-550
Bronco
Ranger
Mustang
Thunderbolt

Shelby:
Cobra

Plymouth:
Cuda
Super Bird

Pontiac:
GTO
Tempest
Grand Prix

Cool bike names too like
Buell Firestorm and Thunderbolt.