Here we go again with special editions of
cars named after people I've never heard of.
So the name isn't exactly new, and appears to confirm the contention that we've finally run out of
good car names.
Along with the
big car names are some smaller sellers that should be considered.
The auto industry has its share of bad names, and we're not talking
bad car names.
[cars name = «Honda»] «s Accord Tourer Concept doesn't quite look like the car that will debut at the 2008 Geneva auto show later this year, but that doesn't matter: We love it all the same.
[
cars name = «Lotus»] has at long last designed an Elise for America.
As well as having one of the longest
concept car names in existence, it also has 750bhp — that means a rather unsubtle 380 per cent increase on the standard car, which uses a 197bhp 2 - litre flat - four engine.
But Morris says that Rover's heritage also includes such famous sports
car names as Triumph and Austin - Healey.
And with Marlon Brando sporting attractive form - fitting T - shirts in the 1951 classic movie «A
Street Car Named Desire», this cool casual garment rose to popularity.
And some serious Italian car fiends might even know that, for a time, the company's naming scheme saw two - seat
sports cars named after winds (Mistral, Ghibli, Bora, Merak), while the four - seaters took their names from racetracks (Sebring, Mexico, Indy, Kyalami).
Set to a typical Woody Allen musical score, Blue Jasmine feels like a modern take on A Street
Car Named Desire, Tennessee Williams» famous stage play (that was also adapted into a classic movie) about another dysfunctional character.
The concept
electric car named I.D. was first unveiled in grand style at the 2016 Paris auto show.
At home, Angela lives with her husband, two silly cats, a Belgian Malinois, a herd of Pomeranians, and a
muscle car named Big Orange.
So, Gina joins a long list
of car names, including Kate's Dirty Sister, Luscious Liz and Hungry Heidi from his Red Bull days, plus his first Ferrari F1 car — Eva.
The Cadillac charge from front - wheel drive to rear - wheel drive — and
from car names to letters — continues with the STS, essentially the replacement for the Seville.
Touring Superleggera have released a coach
built car named the Bentley Continental Flying Star which is a shooting brake style.
In 2016, Volkswagen started a family of futuristic concept
cars named I.D..
It's one of the most long -
winded car names you'll find but it's applied to one of the easiest cars to understand; here is the most powerful and extreme production Lambo Gallardo you can buy.
«It carries one of the all - time
great car names which graced some of the best cars of the last century and it must pick up the reins of a line of a cars that started with the AlfaSud, a true classic in its own right, through to the Alfa Romeo 147.
Rolls Royce Motor cars has teased its
new car named Rolls Royce Wraith that is set to become the most powerful Roller ever.
Sebastian Vettel traditionally gives his Formula 1
car a name ahead of the new season and now we know what his 2017 machine is called.
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vs Cars He Named Me Malala Hitchcock / Truffaut Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison Of Belief Janis Joplin: Little Girl Blue
Before this, we've only featured the teaser trailer which had nothing but their
post-apocalyptic car named Medusa, which barely plays a part in the film anyway.
Added to their incessant micro-niching efforts, what's left is an alphanumeric soup so vast and impenetrable it makes us long for
pretentious car names again.
It was one of his better ideas; building a short -
lived car named after himself (and one that makes a lot of today's worst - cars - ever lists) wasn't.
Few car names have been so fitting, because the Genesis truly was the beginning of a change in perception and market reach for the Korean automaker.
Taking a bankrupt
brand car name - Panther - adding a CEO experienced into further bunkrupting a car brand - Lotus.
Audi has long been considered one of the world's great
luxury car names, but up until recently, the company seemed content not making waves when it came to rivals BMW and Mercedes - Benz.
That's an ugly moniker, and an ever uglier automobile, but if you speak
modern car name you have probably already worked out that this is a variant of the previous Porsche Mission E all - electric concept that prays on the current trend for both crossovers and estate cars.
The German brand traveled to the annual Wörthersee show in Austria to introduce a concept
car named Golf GTI TCR that nearly trespasses on the Golf R «s territory with a four - cylinder engine on steroids.
A
silly car name is one thing but a silly car brand name consigns all future model launches to the kind of childish sniggering they could do without.
Charger is one of those
Dodge car names that has been attached to a variety of vehicles, but really fits the muscle car variants best.
Our Opinion: I think I've finally figured out BMW's
nonsensical car naming strategy: Product planners have decided it doesn't matter what the car is called, as long as it represents the perfect niche vehicle for a particular customer at the moment that customer walks into a BMW dealership.
The Korean car manufacturer, Hyundai Motors unveiled a concept
car named i - oniq at the ongoing 2012 Geneva International Motor Show which aims to showcase the design language of future Hyundai cars.
In addition to the twelve - cylinder cars, a new
smaller car named Gallardo was introduced in 2003.
Apropos of pretty much nothing, I gift you a long series of glamorous photos from an auto show, the 1987 Tokyo Motor Show, that pretty much had it all: power, utility, style, concept,
cool car names, and other good shit.
Alfa Romeo has reborn one of the most
evocative car names in automotive history with the arrival of the Giulietta in Australia and endowed it with a wealth of performance, styling and technology to ensure that it worthy of both its evocative name and the task of taking over the small car mantle that started with the classic AlfaSud and includes the award winning Alfa Romeo 147.
It's familiar ground for Mini in one sense, having explored two such flagships before; the 2012 John Cooper Works GP and the 2006 Mini Cooper S with John Cooper Works GP Kit, winner of the
catchiest car name of the noughties award.
Porsche surprised everyone at the Geneva Auto Show with a concept
car named Mission E Cross Turismo.
The train has two
dining cars named Mayur Mahal & Rang Mahal which can easily accommodate 42 passengers at once.
By «pet» I mean a remote -
controlled car named Eugene which is also outfitted with abilities like a stun gun among other items.
For example, the most expensive car added in the 2014 Business Update was a
super car named the Turismo R, which costs $ 500k.