Left field, meet Head. Gets up snickering
No doubt it’s either the acclaimed Blaupunkt Olathe or Blaupunkt Schaumburg car stereos.
Ford Bored
Chevrolet Complacent
Dodge Dull
The Ford Fucked-Us.
(well, i guess focus is close enough)
Yugo Assprune
The Ford Filistyne
The Chrysler Babbitt
The Chevy Commonplace
The Dodge Vulgarian
The Honda Smug
The Kia Lowbrow
The Dodge Responsibility.
Ford Plebian
Chevy Saltine
Chrysler Haddock
Dodge Lipton
Honda Oatmeal
Mitsubishi Mayonnaise
Toyota Kenny G
Don’t forget the new Wilford Brimley signature series SUV, the Sub-Urbane.
Volkswagon Ennui.
This thread might be more relevant if the current trend toward new vehicle names wasn’t slowly evolving to an alphanumeric model throughout the industry.
In an effort to convey the same sort of engineering sophistication and nameless efficiency of cars from German manufacturers (i.e. BMW’s 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, Z3/Z4; Mercedes’ A, B, C, E, S, ML, SL, CL; Audi’s A4, A6, A8, TT, Q7, R8), we are seeing many carmakers are transitioning to the same sort of nomenclature. Japanese luxury divisions started the trend of emulating the Europeans years ago. Lexus made the LS, ES, GS, SC, RX, IS and will soon have a sophisticated sports car called the LF. Infiniti made the G20/G35, I30, J30, M30/45, Q45, and QX56. Acura has RSX, TL, RL, MDX and RDX.
Cadillac was amongst the first of the domestics to go the alphanumeric route with CTS, XLR, STS, DTS and SRX. Lincoln, though struggling to bring fresher products to market, is in the process of following suit with MKZ, MKX and a new MKR concept rumored for production. Pontiac’s new models are transitioning to a new range whose names are reminiscent of Audi: G5 and G6, with the upcoming G8 to replace the Grand Prix and/or Bonneville in a year or two.
Other alphanumeric notables include …
Mazda: 323, 626, 929, RX-7 and RX-8.
Saab: 900, 9000, 9-3, 9-5, and 9-7X.
Jaguar: XK, XJ, S-Type (soon to be replaced by the stunning XF) and X-Type.
Volvo: S40, S60, S80, V50, V70, XC70, XC90, C70, 240, 780, 850, 940.
Yeah, they still name cars at Ford, Mercury, Chevy, Buick, Honda, Nissan, Toyota, and all their attached SUV divisions, but the whole naming exercise seems increasingly pointless because before long car names will cease to exist and the real challenge will be finding combinations of numbers and letters which haven’t already been used by another manufacturer.
That being said, I still rather like the sound of these:
Honda Thrifster - a 150mpg hybrid with a kitchen blender for an engine mounted to a roadster body the size of a go-kart.
Toyota Temperate - heals the environment through the use of a revolutionary drivetrain whose only exhaust byproducts consist of water, flower petals, baby foxes and cute little bunnies.
Ford Failure - finally, a FoMoCo product named to meet its sales expections.
Buick Annuity - for the well-invested retiree with a portfolio so nuanced they could afford a Rolls Royce, but don’t want the attention that comes with one.
The Buick Cushion
The Pontiac Decals
The Dodge Ramp
The Saturn Getzyahome
The Jeep Lumpy
The Chevrolet Goldenroddo
The Chrysler Storage Bins
The Cadillac Recliner
The Dodge Sphagnum
The Ford Exwife
The Lincoln Continence
Now THAT’S clever. Very funny!
The Ford Stodgy
The Plymouth Pointless
The Chrysler Mundane
The Volvo Vapid
The Olds Underwhelming
The Mazda Bushleague
Then let’s try these:
Ford Du11
Dodge B0-RE
and the ultimate boring alphanumeric SUV name:
The H0-Hummer
Ford Insult
Chevrolet Square
Introducing the all new Expensia
Ford Putt
Chevy Spud
Lincoln Roadie
BMW Meh
Mazda Jart
The imports are going to get in on the act, I just know it…
The Yugo I-dont.
The Skoda Whatever.
The Lada Snow
But the domestics fight back (if that’s the right expression):
The Buick Porthole
The Chrysler Cluster
The Ford Median
The GM Lugnut
Chrysler Plastica
Nissan Styrofoam
Plymouth Polyester
Saturn Synthetica
The Chevy Recall
The Ford Layoff
The Dodge Don’t
The Mercury Poison
The Lincoln Log
The Chrysler Plant