# Model A, B, C & T. Any other cars named after letters of the alphabet? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 5, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/model-a-b-c-t-any-other-cars-named-after-letters-of-the-alphabet/402899 "2007-05-05T17:02:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/model-a-b-c-t-any-other-cars-named-after-letters-of-the-alphabet/402899/21 "2007-05-06T07:12:04Z")
[QUOTE=TV time] I didn’t see any one mention the XKE, but that could be because I am tired and not really seeing too well. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=GorillaMan] Jaguar E-type? [/QUOTE] 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/model-a-b-c-t-any-other-cars-named-after-letters-of-the-alphabet/402899/22 "2007-05-06T07:54:54Z")
Lee Iacocca supposedly named the K-Cars after his daughter, Kathy. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/model-a-b-c-t-any-other-cars-named-after-letters-of-the-alphabet/402899/23 "2007-05-06T08:33:11Z")
Even better was when Iacocca tasked Carroll Shelby with the job of designing a car to compete with the Volkswagen Rabbit GTI. He insisted that it have a three letter name. Shelby and his engineers worked at it, and Carroll presented Lee with the Dodge Omni GLH. “What does the ‘GLH’ stand for?” Iacocca asked. “Goes Like Hell.” ---
**Author:** ![4.66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/2bfe46/32.png) [@4.66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4.66)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/model-a-b-c-t-any-other-cars-named-after-letters-of-the-alphabet/402899/24 "2007-05-06T11:04:13Z")
Just about any car by [Alfa Romeo](http://www.alfaromeo.com) and then there’s the [Opel Omega](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vauxhall_Omega). The linked Wiki-article also mentions a Oldsmobile Omega. ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/model-a-b-c-t-any-other-cars-named-after-letters-of-the-alphabet/402899/25 "2007-05-06T13:25:15Z")
Scions first two models were the xA and the xB. When they made their third model they named it the tC because Volvo already used the xC nomenclature on their cross country vehicles. (Cross Country = XC) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/model-a-b-c-t-any-other-cars-named-after-letters-of-the-alphabet/402899/26 "2007-05-06T14:15:38Z")
[QUOTE=Peter Morris] How about a single numeral? Renault 5. [/QUOTE] Lotus 7. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2007, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/model-a-b-c-t-any-other-cars-named-after-letters-of-the-alphabet/402899/27 "2007-05-06T14:28:16Z")
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