sriddccrocks
04-24-2005, 07:38 PM
found this list in Car Craft Magazine, thought it was pretty good :goof
"Naming cars must be tough, GSX, CSX, RSX, NSX, GTX, GNX and AMX have already been used and there will be an RDX next year. There's not much inspiration left at the zoo either since cougar, tiger, panther, cheetah, ram, mustang, kodiak, cobra, viper, falcon, eagle and practically every other creature's name has been trademarked. It's gotten so bad that manufacturers have recently been reduced to taking names off the periodic table of the elements (i.e Neon and Cobalt) But the worst names ever?
They're classics."
-John pearley Huffman
1.) '27-'32 Studebaker Dictator: The perfect car for the stylish fascist looking to impress depression-era America
2.) '55-'56 Dodge La Femme: get in this car and you can feel your testosterone leaching away into the upholstery.
3.) '59-'62 Buick Invicta: We knew a kid once in school who had a really nasty case of invicta. He was all right most of the time, but when the invicta would flare up, his pupils would dilate and you could look through his eyes and see his brain.
4.) '70-'78 AMC Gremlin: here's "gremlin" defined by Merriam-Webster: "A cause of error or equipment malfunction (as in aircraft) conceived of as a small mischievous gnome"
5.) '82-'96 Olds Cutlass Ciera: A cutlass is a sword, but what's ciera? Apparently nothing at all except a way to misspell Sierra. And what does a cierra/sierra have to do with a cutlass
6.) '32 Chevrolet Confederate: For the man who's proud to be on the wrong side of history!
7.) '87-'92 olds Toronado Trofeo: trofeo? OK, so it's spanish for "trophy" But toronado? that means absolutely nothing in spanish. So it's nonsense all the way through
8.) '92-'98 Olds Achieva: When did typos become a good source for car names? And what was this car's Achieva-ment? Nothing much beyond slighty better than cutlass calais and slightly worse then a alero.
9.) '94-'02 Cadillac Eldorado ETC: the letters stand for "Eldorado Touring Coupe," but on the decklid it looks like the designers were too bored to finish writing out the name.
10.) '05 ford SYNus: this concept car debuted at the Detroit Auto Show, and Ford actaully expected people to pronounce it "sinuous." Instead, everyone thought "nasal drip"
1st off- don't yell at me if u dont agree, these arent my opinions, 2nd, if u got a idea for a bad car name, lets here it!
"Naming cars must be tough, GSX, CSX, RSX, NSX, GTX, GNX and AMX have already been used and there will be an RDX next year. There's not much inspiration left at the zoo either since cougar, tiger, panther, cheetah, ram, mustang, kodiak, cobra, viper, falcon, eagle and practically every other creature's name has been trademarked. It's gotten so bad that manufacturers have recently been reduced to taking names off the periodic table of the elements (i.e Neon and Cobalt) But the worst names ever?
They're classics."
-John pearley Huffman
1.) '27-'32 Studebaker Dictator: The perfect car for the stylish fascist looking to impress depression-era America
2.) '55-'56 Dodge La Femme: get in this car and you can feel your testosterone leaching away into the upholstery.
3.) '59-'62 Buick Invicta: We knew a kid once in school who had a really nasty case of invicta. He was all right most of the time, but when the invicta would flare up, his pupils would dilate and you could look through his eyes and see his brain.
4.) '70-'78 AMC Gremlin: here's "gremlin" defined by Merriam-Webster: "A cause of error or equipment malfunction (as in aircraft) conceived of as a small mischievous gnome"
5.) '82-'96 Olds Cutlass Ciera: A cutlass is a sword, but what's ciera? Apparently nothing at all except a way to misspell Sierra. And what does a cierra/sierra have to do with a cutlass
6.) '32 Chevrolet Confederate: For the man who's proud to be on the wrong side of history!
7.) '87-'92 olds Toronado Trofeo: trofeo? OK, so it's spanish for "trophy" But toronado? that means absolutely nothing in spanish. So it's nonsense all the way through
8.) '92-'98 Olds Achieva: When did typos become a good source for car names? And what was this car's Achieva-ment? Nothing much beyond slighty better than cutlass calais and slightly worse then a alero.
9.) '94-'02 Cadillac Eldorado ETC: the letters stand for "Eldorado Touring Coupe," but on the decklid it looks like the designers were too bored to finish writing out the name.
10.) '05 ford SYNus: this concept car debuted at the Detroit Auto Show, and Ford actaully expected people to pronounce it "sinuous." Instead, everyone thought "nasal drip"
1st off- don't yell at me if u dont agree, these arent my opinions, 2nd, if u got a idea for a bad car name, lets here it!