# Best Possible Car Names? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 25, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-possible-car-names/836041 "2019-06-25T16:15:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-possible-car-names/836041/41 "2019-07-01T02:47:53Z")
Escalade VL Cupholder ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-possible-car-names/836041/42 "2019-07-01T02:56:06Z")
There’s a story that sometime in the late '80s or early '90s Dodge was trying to find a new name for their new, ultra-macho muscle car. They tested various names on various focus groups, and some of the women in the groups were unhappy with the image being promoted. Reportedly, one of them said, “Why don’t you just call it The Stalker.” ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-possible-car-names/836041/43 "2019-07-01T16:56:15Z")
AMC had a Gremlin (and boy, did that car have gremlins), perhaps we need a new model called the Troll that has the ability to upload stupid comments while driving. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-possible-car-names/836041/44 "2019-07-01T18:25:45Z")
Toyota Pious High-Bred; For snooty blueblood religious fanatics who think they’re better than those loathsome “commoners” ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-possible-car-names/836041/45 "2019-07-01T22:44:34Z")
How about the Ford Theater? Maybe made by Lincoln? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-possible-car-names/836041/46 "2019-07-02T01:28:45Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > AMC had a Gremlin (and boy, did that car have gremlins), perhaps we need a new model called the Troll that has the ability to upload stupid comments while driving. I was the proud owner of a 1972 Gremlin. It was. . . quirky. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-possible-car-names/836041/47 "2019-07-02T09:23:48Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > How about the Ford Theater? Maybe made by Lincoln? 😛 Lincoln is made by Ford, so you would have the Ford Theater and the Lincoln version would probably be called Assassin ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-possible-car-names/836041/48 "2019-07-02T13:53:45Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > I was the proud owner of a 1972 Gremlin. It was. . . quirky. As was pretty much every AMC car ever made. I’d still be happy to have an AMX/401 Javelin in the driveway though. ---
**Author:** ![Hapax\_Legomenon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8c91f0/32.png) [@Hapax\_Legomenon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hapax_Legomenon)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-possible-car-names/836041/49 "2019-07-02T21:22:16Z")
In keeping with their “F” theme, Ford Fimbulwinter. (Giant SUV. Designed for good traction in snow.) ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-possible-car-names/836041/50 "2019-07-02T21:42:23Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > Nope, wasn’t aware of the UK model. I was just riffing on the “Hitchhiker’s Guide” character. The whole joke behind the Hitchhiker’s Guide character’s name was that when he first arrived on Earth he mistook the car for a living creature and named himself after it. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-possible-car-names/836041/51 "2019-07-03T17:55:52Z")
GMC Grand Uppity Tesla Super Cilious ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-possible-car-names/836041/52 "2019-07-03T21:55:44Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > As was pretty much every AMC car ever made. I’d still be happy to have an AMX/401 Javelin in the driveway though. I have a friend still racing an AMX. My Gremlin however, sucked wind. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-possible-car-names/836041.md?page=2)