Here we go again with special editions of
cars named after people I've never heard of.
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).
(Uh, not me — not in
a car named after a desert wind but designed to act like an airplane wing.)
Its ancestry reaches all the way back to the late»60s Dino,
the car named after Enzo Ferrari's son that forged the concept of the «junior Ferrari» and introduced the mid-engined platform to the brand.
The Enzo Ferrari [7] is a 12 cylinder mid-engine sports
car named after the company's founder, Enzo Ferrari.
Now, Orlando is the latest Florida city to have
a car named after it, as the Chevrolet Orlando show car makes its debut next month at the Paris Motor Show.
Being a famous TV and movie star might be enough to earn you a regular rotation on TMZ, but mere celebrity status won't get
a car named after you.
«We engineer American - made vehicles with the raw power, looks and legacy that passionate drivers crave, and with
this car named after my father, we made sure not to hold back,» said Roush, Jr..
«Having
a car named after me is amazing... having a one - off guitar made to commemorate this moment makes it even more special.
Angular headlights give an impression of the intense eyes of a horse bearing down, which is quite fitting for
a car named after a horse.
Not exact matches
These «crumple zones,» inspired by and
named after the parts of a
car meant to crush on impact to reduce the force of a crash, allow it to absorb some of the energy of a collision.
The conference rooms are
named after classic
cars.
But some commentators urged the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to
name the princess
after William's mother Diana, who died in a 1997
car crash aged 36, prompting an outpouring of public grief.
After selling 20 million
cars in 190 countries, the company made the difficult decision to drop the Datsun
name (which originated in Japan almost a century ago, and comes from the Japanese word «DAT» for lightning fast) from its U.S. operations to unify its global brand.
Named after Walt Disney's wife, this special
car only allows for a few guests to ride every day.
Yesterday Trump's pick to head the Veterans Affairs Administration withdrew his
name from consideration
after allegations of drinking on the job and wrecking a government
car while drunk surfaced in statements made by two dozen of his current and former colleagues.
A Belchertown, Massachusetts, man whose legal
name is Lord Jesus Christ is recovering from his injuries
after being hit by a
car in a Northampton crosswalk last week.
Owner of La Dolce Vita, Alessandro Uzielli, is a descendant of Henry Ford and paid homage to his ancestry by
naming a cocktail
after the
car that put the world on wheels.
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This was the first race without a minimum pit stop time and thankfully things went pretty smoothly - well, unless your
name is Lucas di Grassi, who suffered a
car issue shortly
after pitting and finishes the first third of the season with no points to his
name - not great for the defending champion...
Named after an uncle who died in Vietnam, Weil was raised by his father, a
car salesman, in a single - parent home.
In July 1975,
after Wimbledon, Mirek, Jana, Martina and her younger half sister, also
named Jana, returned to Czechoslovakia by
car after a brief vacation in France.
So, if the tweet is true, it seems Ferrari could've
named its
car after Bianchi, which would be a wonderful tribute.
Although it's only a filming day the fast kinks of the Misano circuit (which is
named after the late Marco Simoncelli) give brief glimpses into just how fast the 2017 F1
cars are going to be.
The
car was meant to have a Martini livery but
after the pig comments didn't want to see their
name on what was seen as such an ugly
car.
Shortly
after that however it was also ruled that teams need to make sure the driver numbers and
names are displayed prominently on the sides of the
car, and where did most teams decide to put them?
During a recent NASCAR race at the Atlanta Motor Speedway, the aptly
named QuickTrip 500 to be precise, an eight -
car pileup caused a caution and this unlucky official was caught stumbling over his own feet
after probably what he hoped would be a quick and smooth collection of a piece of debris.
After some discussion about which ones she wanted, Eliza
named her wish list as Thomas the Tank, anyone from
Cars and Neep from Abney and Teal.
For expectant parents who are
car lovers, whether classics, hot rods or trucks, could think about
naming their little one
after their favorite make or model.
Naming their kid
after a
car doesn't seem to appeal to them as we might have thought, unless they are super into
cars and nothing else.
Don't
name your kid
after a
car brand.
I have about 100 houses only in Kumasi... go to PMMC (Precious Minerals and Marketing Company) and check I used to get over 1million dollars a day, at 33 I assembled
cars and
named it
after myself Wontumi,» he said on Accra - based Starr FM.
But the list of beneficiaries of end - of - service benefits that was published
after 7th January 2017 included
names of officers who were not even entitled to saloon
cars but had managed to loot four - wheel drive vehicles as part of their benefits.
There was talk that Raffa was an arsonist and his beating a mob hit; that five gallons of kerosene had been found in his
car and had somehow disappeared from the station house; that «every cop in Brooklyn» knows the
name of Raffa's assailant but higher - ups refuse to arrest him; that the
car containing the combustible evidence was driven away from the scene by Cuomo's detective - bodyguard, who's a relative of the Cuomo family; that the police reports (DD5s) on the case were missing from headquarters; and that the governor was at the scene shortly
after the incident and had used state troopers to erase any evidence of his father - in - law's possible criminality.
If you're like me and you were accustom to people shouting hurtful
names at you from passing
cars or rolling their eyes when you took your third trip through the buffet line, that kind of stuff usually stops
after drastic weight loss.
Psychologists tell us that, at most, 10 % of our happiness comes from stuff like fast
cars, big houses, initials
after our
names or fancy titles on our...
Psychologists tell us that, at most, 10 % of our happiness comes from stuff like fast
cars, big houses, initials
after our
names or fancy titles on our business cards.
Personal or Handmade Touches - Handmade invitations (made by ourselves)- Handmade place settings (made by ourselves)- Handmade Guest Book (drop frame — guests signed a wooden heart, and dropped them into a frame)(made by ourselves)- Framed pictures for table
names (made by ourselves, and
named after cars from Harry's favourite film)- Personalised cake topper and cupcake decoration (cake topper from Ebay, and cake made by my Aunt)- Handmade bridesmaid's posies (made by my mum)- Personalised and hand painted wedding shoes (for Bride)(done by Beautiful Moments)- Personalised champagne glasses for Bride and Groom to use for toast (bought as a present by my sister and her family)- Ushers were bought cufflinks to wear that reflected their personal interests - Bridesmaids were given personalised flat shoes to wear in the evening (personalised by me)- Handmade bridesmaids dresses - Flowers and buttonholes, and bouquet all made unique, with my bouquet including charms with pictures of my grandfathers on them.
One happy member
named Charles said, «I found a guide in Ukraine, we went out for dinner
after my business trip, she drove me around Odessa in her own
car, and we have become friends since.
Well well Paul looks like we both fell for the Blonde Valeria Novitskaya as soon as I seen the
name new immediately same lady she is here with her real profile http://vk.com/id34593965 I too met her once then just lies and excuses one
after the other, now her profile is of Anastasia since Jan 13, don't forget her daughter Dasha, and her Father killed in
car accident, oh well learning every day.
-- At the bus stop
after Ethan asked for a match, he was seized and escorted into a
car that pulled up by the curb, and his head was covered with a black hood by a thug
named Matthias (Karel Dobry).
C + Hesher Rated R for disturbing violent behavior, sexual content including graphic dialogue, pervasive language, and drug content — some in the presence of a child Available on DVD and Blu - ray
After a teenage boy (Devin Brochu) loses his mother in a
car crash, he meets a homeless headbanger
named Hesher (Joseph Gordon - Levitt) who weirdly attaches himself to the boy by moving in and consuming his life.
After a catastrophic
car crash, a young woman (Winstead) wakes to find herself in the underground bunker of a survivor
named Howard (Goodman).
The brains and CEO of the operation is Will Haney (Jon Hamm), whose decision to
name the new
car Howard
after his young son runs afoul of Flomm.
Ten years
after some vague societal collapse (imaginatively referred to as «the collapse»), a man played by Guy Pearce (his
name is apparently Eric, but I don't remember hearing it said during the film) roams the Outback in his
car, his sole remaining possession.
Stranded on the street
after her
car is stolen and demolished, Sandra (Sandra Oh) tries desperately to get to her husband in time so that they can commit suicide together, recruiting a depressed loner
named Patrick (McKellar) to help her out.
Einstein has different ideas, and feels she is much more suited to an outgoing mechanic
named Ed (Tim Robbins) that she happens to meet
after her fiance's
car broke down.
An antidote to the market - driven Smurfs,
Cars, and Despicable Me sequels and the presumably crass, blatant hack - work of (brace yourself) The Emoji Movie, due in August, Your
Name hits the U.S. in various cities on April 7
after a brief Oscar - qualifying run at the end of last year.
The Lady in the
Car with Glasses and a Gun (Unrated) Remake of the 1970 thriller of the same
name about a secretary (Freya Mavor) who takes her boss» (Benjamin Biolay) convertible for a joyride
after dropping him off at the airport, only to end up the prime suspect for a murder she didn't commit.
Kind of a combination of Sally Field in «Not Without My Daughter» and Liam Neeson in «Taken,» Judd plays a highly trained, retired spy
named Becca Winstone, who,
after her husband (Sean Bean) perished in a
car - bomb incident a decade ago, devoted herself to raising their son in the suburbs.