if you could name a car/ car company, what would it be?

[Beamer2]

what would you name a car or car company if you could?

 

[Firebird]

Don't know about car company names... I'd probably name it after myself.

Some model names I'd consider:

Crusader
Tomahawk
Taiga
Bison
Defiant
Apache
Orenda
Arrow
Commander
Orage
Goblin
Auriga
Chronicle
Mare
Amazon
Lena
Vulcan
Orion
Tampico
Io
Miquelon

 

[Firebird]

Thought up a couple more:

Predator
Terminator

 

[Epinionator89]

For car company names, I would probably use:

Tora
Tenacious
Hostel (not to be confused with "Hostile")
Index
Pulse
Survey
Ulterior
Velocity
Veracity
Viaduct
Fulcrum
Delude
Countenance

Unless you want wacky Japanese names, then I might use these for car model names--just kidding:

Go-Happy
Super-Uber-Space-Monkey-Jumper-Buggy
Love Shack
Moral-Calculator-Duct-Live
Total-Remote-Vernacular-Stuff-One

Wow, Japanese names are creepy!

 

[Cap'n Jack]

Holden Even Specialer veicles.

 

[skip0110]

Don't know about car company names... I'd probably name it after myself.
Some model names I'd consider:

Just for fun, I associated them with existing car makes. How do these sound?

Jeep Crusader
Dodge Tomahawk (well duh?)
Toyota Taiga
Subaru Bison
Dodge Defiant
Cheve Apache
Seat Orenda
Plymouth Arrow
Dodge Commander
Orage (huh?)
AMC Goblin (he he)
Oldsmobile Auriga
Chevy Chronicle
Mare (well this one just doesnt work...)
Pontiac Amazon
Hyundai Lena
Dodge Vulcan
Orion (this whould be a make not a model, I think)
Mercury Tampico
Kia Io
Volkswagen Miquelon (...if they can name a car Tuareg)

 

[1X83Z]

Miquelon

"Saint Pierre" sounds considerably better.

 

[Quick_Nick]

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[ExigeEvan]

Evan's Automotive Geniuses Working Together for Better Motoring.
EAGWTB, not exactly creative.

How about Yn Moduro!

 

[Firebird]

"Saint Pierre" sounds considerably better.

I was actually thinking of Miquelon Lakes, here in Alberta.

Just for fun, I associated them with existing car makes. How do these sound?

Jeep Crusader
Dodge Tomahawk (well duh?)
Toyota Taiga
Subaru Bison
Dodge Defiant
Cheve Apache
Seat Orenda
Plymouth Arrow
Dodge Commander
Orage (huh?) (French for "storm")
AMC Goblin (he he)
Oldsmobile Auriga
Chevy Chronicle
Mare (well this one just doesnt work...) (I had intended it to be pronounced "MAH-ray": Latin for "sea". Dark areas of the moon were given Latin names for bodies of water, as they were originally thought to be bodies of water when the moon was studied in detail after the advent of the telescope. If you hadn't noticed a few of these names were from celestial bodies: Auriga and Orion are constellations, Vulcan was the name given to a 10th planet believed until the early 20th century by many astronomers to be between Mercury and the sun, and Io is one of Jupiter's moons.)
Pontiac Amazon
Hyundai Lena
Dodge Vulcan
Orion (this whould be a make not a model, I think)
Mercury Tampico
Kia Io
Volkswagen Miquelon (...if they can name a car Touareg)

 

[1X83Z]

I was actually thinking of Miquelon Lakes, here in Alberta.

Damn.

Still, you can't tell me "Saint Pierre" doesn't sound ass-kickingly.

 

[Firebird]

Whatever you say.

 

[DRIFT4EVA]

Holden Even Specialer veicles.

BWAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! ROFLMFAO!!!

If we were naming a car company that were to go bust.
F....... O.......R.....D *This name is already currently being used* DAMNIT!!!

 

[skip0110]

If we were naming a car company that were to go bust.
F....... O.......R.....D *This name is already currently being used* DAMNIT!!!

http://www.sniffpetrol.com/issue019.html

 

[JNasty4G63]

Jeep Crusader
Dodge Commander

You were close, but not quite.......

Jeep is actually coming out with a Commander for the '06 model year. It's going to be above the Grand Cherokee in the lineup, and sized about like a Tahoe. They only have concept vehicle shots as of right now, but basically, it looks like a big Grand. I'm a big Jeep fan, we own 3, and I like this idea. The Grand is nice, but with no 3rd row seating, it does have its limits. This would cure that. And, it will be a Jeep, so it will be great off-road still. I'm excited.

Hilg

 

[Firebird]

I keep hearing Wagoneer being kicked around as the name for this proposed soccer-mom's dream.

Do you honestly believe the addition of a third row of seating would still keep it even half-decent off-road?

Hell, the WK and KJ have copped out and used IFS (the SJ circa the Kaizer-ownership period was actually the first SUV ever with IFS, but a SFA was standard on certain models, whereas the two newest Jeeps have gone the way of IFS exclusively, which sucks balls). The WK and KJ are among the worst ever, and I fully expect the "Commander" to be the worst Jeep ever, offroad.

 

[RyosukeFCDS]

I'd name my company "bennett"


after myself, then name my best car, "daniel"

then name the others after my friends/relative/whoever help create the cars, i think that's the best way

 

[TheCracker]

Some model names I'd consider:

Crusader
Tomahawk
Taiga
Bison
Defiant
Apache
Orenda
Arrow
Commander
Orage
Goblin
Auriga
Chronicle
Mare
Amazon
Lena
Vulcan
Orion
Tampico
Io
Miquelon

I think Ford beat you to this one already

 

[emad]

eMadness Motors. The flagship model would be called The eMad Hatter... or maybe Fscker for the computer geeks

 

[TwinTurboJay]

Honest Jay's Cars and trucks !
or H.J.C.T.

" Hey man, check out my new H.J.C.T. Spanky " or
" Hey man, check out my new H.J.C.T. Whip "

 

[Beamer2]

Not too sure what i would name a car company...I'd probably name the cars agter the moons of Jupiter, they have pretty cool names.

 

[JNasty4G63]

I keep hearing Wagoneer being kicked around as the name for this proposed soccer-mom's dream.

Commander, its been in many magazines. Wagoneer would be cool, and has that old school Jeep thing going on. But, since this is a whole new model, I think they want a whole new name, not to reuse an old one.

Do you honestly believe the addition of a third row of seating would still keep it even half-decent off-road?

Why is it you think that just adding in more seats will make it bad offroad??? I guess it depends on what kind of offroading you do, but I don't think this thing will be that bad. I have a friend with a Z71 Tahoe with some suspension work and MTRs, and its just great for what we do offroad. I have no doubt in my mind, that if Jeep were to make a vehicle this size, it would be just as good for what we do. We don't go rock crawling, or anything hardcore like that. Mostly just cross country trail driving, mudholes, and some forest driving. Nothing crazy, but it's way more than what these new "SUV's" from some companys can handle. But, I've been out in just about every newer Jeep, and none have had any problems. Everything from a Liberty, to a Grand Cherokee with Quadra Drive, to my Rubi. None have any problems with what we do. Sure, I bet the Commander will be bought almost totally be people who don't care about going offroad. But, my fiance and I are getting to that point where more room would be nice. So, if Jeep makes a big thing like that, but we can still have fun with it, I'm all for it.

Hilg

 

[Firebird]

Commander, its been in many magazines. Wagoneer would be cool, and has that old school Jeep thing going on. But, since this is a whole new model, I think they want a whole new name, not to reuse an old one.

Magazines...

Why is it you think that just adding in more seats will make it bad offroad???

Well, gee... the fact that a third row seats means a longer body, which means a worse breakover angle, and more than likely a long overhang out back ruining the departure angle.

It will probably have a lowered stance in order to satisfy the soccer moms. And you just KNOW it will have IFS...

It sure as hell won't make it better.

I guess it depends on what kind of offroading you do, but I don't think this thing will be that bad. I have a friend with a Z71 Tahoe ...

That's about as far as I had to read to know what you expected of this "Commander"... 👎

 

[JNasty4G63]

Magazines...

You can give me the all you want, but when many magazines are saying that the car IS going to be called the Commander, I'll believe them. Sorry, no disrespect to you, but I'll take their word over yours anyday.

Well, gee... the fact that a third row seats means a longer body, which means a worse breakover angle, and more than likely a long overhang out back ruining the departure angle.
It will probably have a lowered stance in order to satisfy the soccer moms. And you just KNOW it will have IFS...
It sure as hell won't make it better.

I'm sorry, are they supposed to build a new 7-passenger Wrangler???? As much as you might think so, not every vehicle that comes with "Jeep" on the front needs to be able to go rock crawling and climb mountains. If someone wants that, they can get a Wrangler, which most do. Yes, the car most certainly won't be a "hard-core" offroader. I doubt they intend it to be. They never said that the Grand Cherokee was going to conquer the world either. Its a nice mid-sized SUV that is very capable offroad. Thats it. The new Commander will be a nice full-sized SUV that will be very capable offroad. If you want to do the hard-core stuff, get a Wrangler.

That's about as far as I had to read to know what you expected of this "Commander"... 👎

Well, a big 👎 back at ya then, ass. Look, I never said that I was a hard-core offroader. If you WOULD have read my whole post before judging me, you would have seen that. I just like to get out and have fun with my vehicles. I drive a stock Rubicon (my 5th Jeep I've owned), and its fine for me. My fiance has a 60th Aniv. Cherokee, and its fine for her. We don't go hard-core, but we like to have fun. Thats it. We just like to get out and drive in the muck and yuck around here on the trails and in the woods here in the midwest. I never claimed that I was conquering the Paris-Dakar. If you want to bag on me because I want a nice big vehicle that my fiance and I can still have fun in with the (future) family, fine. Just because my friends and I don't use our vehicles the same as you doesn't mean you are any better than us. Give it a rest.

Hilg

 

[Firebird]

I didn't say you're a terrible human being, just that you have very low expectations from an "off-roader". A Tahoe is not a very good one.

But why buy a big Jeep? It will surely be craptastic offroad, so you might as well get a Durango, which should be pretty much the same thing under the skin.

 

[JNasty4G63]

I didn't say you're a terrible human being, just that you have very low expectations from an "off-roader".

So what??? I don't need a vehicle to be super hard-core to have fun with it. Like I said, the extent of my offroading isn't hard-core, but its more than most of the cookie cutter SUVs are capable of.

A Tahoe is not a very good one.

So says you. Again, what I do offroad isn't anything hard-core. Sure, if I was building a car to go crawling out in Moab or something, it wouldn't be a Tahoe. But, around here, with what we do, having a slightly larger truck isn't a penalty. The Tahoe my friend has isn't stock, but its far from crazy. Mild lift and some big MTR's, thats it. But, its great for what we do.

But why buy a big Jeep? It will surely be craptastic offroad, so you might as well get a Durango, which should be pretty much the same thing under the skin.

Its called 'Brand Loyalty" to most people. I'm sure I could get some other vehicle, and be perfectly content with it in 95% of the situations it gets in. But, I've had not one problem with any Jeep vehicle I've ever owned when it comes to my driving offroad. That can't be said for some other vehicles that some other friends have brought with us on trips. Jeeps just blend the right ammount of mechanical equipment and the right proportions to be just that much better offroad than most other SUVs. So, if they come out with a bigger SUV, I'm all about it. I'm sorry my offroading standards are "Low" according to you. But, we aren't all alike. You drive what you want, I'll drive what I want.

Hilg

 

[Firebird]

So, I submit to you again: why not get a Durango? Why bother being brand loyal in this case? They will more than likely share exactly the same mechanicals.

 

[JNasty4G63]

"Why didn't you choose "Camaro" for a name on here???"

How silly is that of a question I just asked???? Its just about as silly as what you asked me. Look, I'm sorry I offended you with my apparent poor outlook on offroading. I'm sorry that what I do with my Jeeps doesn't qualify as "real" offroading to you. But, it sounds like you just don't want me to get a Jeep because I might not use it like you would. I would get this new "Commander" over a Durango because I like Jeeps. I like the look of Jeeps, I like the overall feel they all have, and I like the overall owning experience that comes with them.

Why does anyone get a car???? Because it fits what they need. I mean, its like the Evo vs. STi debate. They are so similar. Why get one over the other???? ITS PERSONAL PREFERENCE!!!!!! Add that to the fact that I think the new Durango looks like crap, and its an easy decision. So there, is that enough for you??? Give it a rest. I don't care what YOU think of what I do with my vehicles. I don't care what YOU think is real offroading. I don't care what YOU think I should buy. I'll make my own decisions.

Hilg