What is the worst car name of all time? [Archive]

Fezticle98

07-10-2007, 07:47 AM

I'm gonna go with Nissan Stanza (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/stanza) or Buick Enclave (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/enclave).

Stupid car names infuriate me.

King Hippos Bandaid

07-10-2007, 07:49 AM

I hated the Americanized name for Nissan in the 1980s

Datsun

:king:

Ritalin

07-10-2007, 07:49 AM

This one makes me dyspeptic: the Daewoo Leganza

Death Metal Moe

07-10-2007, 07:53 AM

I don't know too much about car names, but that stupid "Fahrvergnugen" ad campaign annoyed the fucking shit out of me.

DolaMight

07-10-2007, 07:56 AM

Popemobile

A.J.

07-10-2007, 08:00 AM

K.i.t.t.

buzzard

07-10-2007, 08:01 AM

I know it was ahead of it's time,yet I think "Edsel" sux. conversely the "sux 6000" from Robocop was sorta cool.who could forget Tom Slick's;"Thunderbolt Grease-Slapper" lol

Fat_Sunny

07-10-2007, 08:02 AM

tupper65

07-10-2007, 08:04 AM

The Plymouth K-Car

What the hell does that mean?

JPMNICK

07-10-2007, 08:14 AM

The Plymouth K-Car

What the hell does that mean?

i agree I never understood that one

i also hated the cadillac catera

KC2OSO

07-10-2007, 08:19 AM

Fat's Lookin' For The Postives Today, So He's Gonna Pick The One He Likes Best. The Faux-Wood Paneled Station Wagon (Made By Ford Until 1991) Called The Country Squire. What A Name And What A Car!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/1968_Ford_LTD_Country_Squire.jpg/800px-1968_Ford_LTD_Country_Squire.jpg

Sunny - I love that car. My dad had two of them. You could fit a 4' x 8' piece of plywood in the back lying flat. Spent many weekends going to and from the shore in those beasties. Good memories!

Bob Impact

07-10-2007, 08:50 AM

VW has three fucking awful names right now:

1) Phaeton
2) Tourag
3) Tiguan - The new small SUV, really stupid name.

Fezticle98

07-10-2007, 08:56 AM

Hottest car name = Lincoln Blackwood (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Blackwood)

Mike Teacher

07-10-2007, 09:14 AM

Volkswagen Thing (http://ask.yahoo.com/20030729.html)

topless_mike

07-10-2007, 09:21 AM

scion Xa, Xb, Tc

sounds like a disease.

hi. my name is gvac, and i have Xb. wanna bang?

see, it doesnt work.

my favorite would be the Mercury Merauder.
the merauder was a bad ass car. the name alone screams
look at me,
i am here
lllllllllllllllllllllllllove me

only problem is that mercury is built by ford, perphaps the shittiest brand of cars you could possibly ever buy.

Fezticle98

07-10-2007, 09:55 AM

hi. my name is gvac, and i have Xb. wanna bang?

see, it doesnt work.

Works for me!

STC-Dub

07-10-2007, 10:30 AM

Ford Aspire
AMC Pacer
Aztek, the name isn't bad but that has to be one of the ugliest vehicles ever biult.

drjoek

07-10-2007, 10:33 AM

http://www.davemason.com/FamilyTrucksterluggage3enlarge.jpg

Clark Griswalds Family Truckster

JackStraw

07-10-2007, 10:35 AM

Ford Probe...ewww

Why whould a car need to probe?

FUNKMAN

07-10-2007, 10:35 AM

The Plymouth K-Car

What the hell does that mean?

i agree I never understood that one

i also hated the cadillac catera

whenever i saw the K-Car metal label on the car it always made me think it was bought at K-Mart

how about Hugo?

man of a thousand faces

ralphbxny

07-10-2007, 11:55 AM

The Dodge Aries!!

Landblast

07-10-2007, 12:03 PM

Buick Incontinence

mikeyboy

07-10-2007, 12:10 PM

The AMC Gremlin.

It was a pretty ugly car too.

http://www.phoenixgraphix.com/amc/1976gr.jpg

BeerBandit

07-10-2007, 12:25 PM

Volkswagen Thing (http://ask.yahoo.com/20030729.html)

No way, that was the best. It really was just an ugly, odd Thing.

BeerBandit

07-10-2007, 12:30 PM

I really can't stand the Chevy Cobalt. How can they make this car in any color other than blue?

ScottFromGA

07-10-2007, 12:35 PM

how about the Chevrolet Aveo.

what the fuck is an Aveo? I think it means, "small, useless piece of shit car that is designed to trap anyone during a heavy accident."

IMSlacker

07-10-2007, 12:41 PM

Nice car, but horrible name if you speak Spanish.

Chevy Nova
http://www.calcruisingauctions.com/goodguys/P1010048.jpg

Judge Smails

07-10-2007, 12:50 PM

takin' it old school. . .

http://storm.tocmp.com/edsel/1960/Edsel%20'60-01.jpg

deepinthewoods

07-10-2007, 01:20 PM

http://www.hondaworld.ru/photos/car1290.jpg

Meet the Honda Life Dunk.

And then there's that old chestnut: the Ford Nova, which not only translates poorly into Spanish, but also translates poorly into English for those concerned both with highway and galactic safety.

ScottFromGA

07-10-2007, 01:27 PM

http://www.hondaworld.ru/photos/car1290.jpg

Meet the Honda Life Dunk.

And then there's that old chestnut: the Chevy Nova, which not only translates poorly into Spanish, but also translates poorly into English for those concerned both with highway and galactic safety.

...

deepinthewoods

07-10-2007, 01:33 PM

...

Ford, Chevy...I'm far too gay to understand such things.

Gvac

07-10-2007, 02:27 PM

Ritalin

07-10-2007, 02:50 PM

The Canyonero.

http://media.arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.media/canyonero.jpg

SHANEFROMGA

07-10-2007, 03:05 PM

the ford festiva,
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z18/monkeypoot/800px-1st_Ford_Festiva.jpg
oh yeah this car makes me want to party , ole'

outlawfrank

07-10-2007, 03:10 PM

http://www.cardesignnews.com/autoshows/2005/detroit/preview/ford-synus/images/ford-synus01s.jpg

It was only a concept car, but the Ford SYNus

SHANEFROMGA

07-10-2007, 03:16 PM

http://www.cardesignnews.com/autoshows/2005/detroit/preview/ford-synus/images/ford-synus01s.jpg

It was only a concept car, but the Ford SYNus

seperated at birth?
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z18/monkeypoot/vehiclemode.jpg

scottinnj

07-10-2007, 03:36 PM

The Plymouth K-Car

What the hell does that mean?

It was the factory designation for the type of frame being used for the car. Just shows you how lazy Iaccoca was with our tax money.

The douche chill part is I'm a Chevy man and I know this useless 25 year old fact.

scottinnj

07-10-2007, 03:40 PM

All imports with two letters and three numbers as a name.

Lexus LS 320
Mercedes CK 150

Those are not names, they are algebra variables.

Now go fuck yourselves.

Gvac

07-10-2007, 03:42 PM

I'm a Chevy man

I'm so very sorry. :blink:

Don Stugots

07-10-2007, 03:43 PM

Volkswagen Thing (http://ask.yahoo.com/20030729.html)

i love this car. i want one just for the look of it.

worst car: YUGO.

Hottub

07-10-2007, 03:49 PM

The Thing was actually based on the 1942 Kubelwagen (http://www.olive-drab.com/idphoto/id_photos_kubelwagen.php3). The German's equivilent to the Jeep during WWII.

scottinnj

07-10-2007, 03:56 PM

I'm so very sorry. :blink:

Why what's your ride?

scottinnj

07-10-2007, 04:00 PM

I cannot stand when companies don't name their vehicles and use numbers and/or letters instead. It's almost impossible for me to remember the LX450, the X3, the X5, the LS, the ES, etc.

Are they vehicles or secret codes?

As far as stupid names, the VW Touareg is near the top of the list.

Fuckin' Germans.

I'm glad I'm not the only one thinking straight on this thread.........

Stupid German Cars are nearly impossible to break down so that aftermarket stereos and speakers can be installed. 14 screws where only two are needed. Typical Overengineering that makes a car that should cost 12,000 dollars have an MSRP of 20-30,000 dollars.

Stankfoot

07-10-2007, 04:07 PM

TOYOTA MATRIX

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a350/stankfoot/matrix.jpg

Snacks

07-10-2007, 04:09 PM

I hated the Americanized name for Nissan in the 1980s

Datsun

:king:

I thought Datsun was its own car company and then in the 80's was bought out by Nissan. It then becamse Nissan-Datsun until the late 80's early 90's when they dropped Datsun. I could be wrong, Im wondering myself now.

Gvac

07-10-2007, 04:11 PM

Why what's your ride?

I just can't stand GM styling, especially their interiors. It's so bland and plastic...they all look like rental cars.

I generally buy a new vehicle every year or so because I get bored, and I've run the gamut from Chrysler to Ford to Toyota to my present vehicle, a 2007 Hyundai Sonata.

After years of owning pickups and SUVs, I wanted a comfortable sedan with a trunk. I compared the Sonata with the Camry, Accord, and the Ford Fusion/Mercury Milan and it blew them all away, both with standard features and roominess. It was also thousands cheaper, and with the way Hyundai has improved their quality the decision was a no-brainer.

I almost went for the Ford/Mercury, but I decided to buy American. The Fords are built in Mexico, whereas the Hyundais are assembled in Alabama.

Bulldogcakes

07-10-2007, 04:11 PM

http://www.dodgeforum.com/models/dart/images/1965-Dodge-Dart.jpg

I refuse to drive anything that rhymes with "fart"

Gvac

07-10-2007, 04:15 PM

how about the Chevrolet Aveo.

what the fuck is an Aveo? I think it means, "small, useless piece of shit car that is designed to trap anyone during a heavy accident."

The Aveo is built by Daewoo in Korea.

Buy Chevy! Buy American!

FUNKMAN

07-10-2007, 04:18 PM

I thought Datsun was its own car company and then in the 80's was bought out by Nissan. It then becamse Nissan-Datsun until the late 80's early 90's when they dropped Datsun. I could be wrong, Im wondering myself now.

my first car was a 75 Datsun 710, i loved it! I think you're right Anthony. Datsun was a Japanese company which was taken over by Nissan...

SHANEFROMGA

07-10-2007, 04:30 PM

Adobe - very unsafe car, with a sticker price of $179; made entirely of clay, it combines German engineering and Mexican know-how

scottinnj

07-10-2007, 05:23 PM

I just can't stand GM styling, especially their interiors. It's so bland and plastic...they all look like rental cars.

I always think that of the dodges with the "every model has the same grille" design...just boring and blah.

I almost went for the Ford/Mercury, but I decided to buy American. The Fords are built in Mexico, whereas the Hyundais are assembled in Alabama.

Yeah, this whole American/Foreign stuff is getting cloudy.

nickeye

07-10-2007, 06:13 PM

C'mon. No votes for the blowjob eponym?

CHUCKWAGONCOOK

07-10-2007, 06:25 PM

Iv'e just been diagnosed with a kidney stone. Is there any helpfull hints you could give me to speed up the removale of this god-awful thing?

deepinthewoods

07-10-2007, 06:26 PM

http://www.rol.ru/pictures/tech/autonewsru/31123_p1.jpg

Mirroring the proud linguistic tryst of the Nova, Honda proffered the above Fitta some years back, which translates as "cunt" in Swedish. The vessle was quickly renamed "Jazz" cuz jazz gets you cunt, but isn't one.

Similarly, the infamous Ford Pinto translates as "cock" or "penis" in Brazillian slang. Ford did not bother to change the name because most Brazillians are into exploding cocks.

pillowtalk

07-10-2007, 06:30 PM

I say grand torrino, what the hell is so grand about a cheap no power piece of shit.

topless_mike

07-11-2007, 05:06 AM

I almost went for the Ford/Mercury, but I decided to buy American. The Fords are built in Mexico, whereas the Hyundais are assembled in Alabama.

the irony of it all.
fords are american but made in mexico.
my japanese honda element was made in east dayton, ohio.

Heather 8

07-11-2007, 01:35 PM

Ford Aspire

Used to have one, called it the Expire because there was a myriad of engine problems with the damn thing and I kept getting stranded on the PA & NJ Turnpikes. I'm now the proud owner of a Ford Phuck-dis.

PhishHead

07-11-2007, 02:34 PM

Some fords are made in America:

Michigan makes Mustang and Mazda 6, F150, Lincoln Mark LT, Expedition, Navigator
Illinois makes Lincoln MKS, Mercury Sable, Taurus X, Taurus
Missouri - F150, Escape, Mazda CX5, Tribute, Mercury Mariner
Kentucky - Super Duty, Explorer, Mountaineer, Sport Trac

RoseBlood

07-11-2007, 02:57 PM

drjoek

07-11-2007, 03:01 PM

Chevy Nova Means "Won't Go" in spanish

xample

07-12-2007, 05:15 PM

i never much cared for the Chevrolet Celebrity.. an awful name attached to an awful car

boeman

07-12-2007, 05:40 PM

The Ford Focus...

it makes me feel..... blurry.

sailor

07-12-2007, 05:54 PM

Chevy Nova Means "Won't Go" in spanish

lies! (http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp)

Don Stugots

07-12-2007, 05:55 PM

the Personal Transport Cruiser AKA the PT Cruiser. i like the car but the name sucks ass.

Enabler

07-12-2007, 06:04 PM

Ford Festiva should be the winner but what about the Ford Pinto?? Named after a bean.

http://www.channel4.com/4car/media/features/2005/crap-cars/03-large/1978-ford-pinto.jpg