A certain wise-guy magazine columnist predicted that their next models would be the Exorbitant and the Excessive.
Triumph kept it very simple for their sports cars. They had the TR 2,3,4, 5 (aka 250 in the US), 6, 7 and 8. Plus the Spitfire and Stag.
Volkswagen went through a “Wind” phase:
- Golf (after the Gulf Stream)
- Passat (after the German word for trade winds)
- Bora (after the Bora)
- Polo (after Polar Winds)
- Jetta (after the jet stream)
I first noticed this when they came out with the Scirocco, and I recognized it as one of those warm, auspicious winds (like the Santa Ana or the Foehn)…
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eta: Sorry, Pardel, didn’t see you’d included these in your VW listings. I’d even searched for VW and Volkswagen... sigh…