# Cars named after geological features

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**Created:** [October 25, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-named-after-geological-features/1024281 "2025-10-25T17:44:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-named-after-geological-features/1024281/26 "2025-10-26T10:57:02Z")

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This topic overlaps somewhat with a thread I started on the old site:

> [@SUVs and western names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suvs-and-western-names/768584):
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> I have a hypothesis that whenever marketers of pickup trucks or SUVs are stumped for a model name, they get out a big map of the western North America and throw darts at it. Evidence for this theory is the following list of model names: [ul] [li]Chrysler Aspen[/li][li]Subaru Baja[/li][li]Kia Borrego (Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is near San Diego)[/li][li]Chevy Cheyenne[/li][li]Chevy Colorado[/li][li]Doge Dakota[/li][li]GMC Denali[/li][li]Dodge Durango[/li][li]Škoda Kodiaq[/li][li]Ram Laram…

Unfortunately, Discourse doesn’t support the lists from the old board, so my list looks really funky. Also, I somehow missed Toyota Sequoia on my list.

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