# new SUV names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 7, 2001, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-suv-names/75305 "2001-08-07T16:22:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-suv-names/75305/1 "2001-08-07T16:22:58Z")
I am now the person in charge of coming up with new names for SUVs. Well, that’s not entirely true. It’s just a game I play when I am bored. Remember, YMMV (but generally it will hover around 10 MPG). Expletive - comes equipped with side panels announcing your favorite curse word Exponential - grows larger each day Exhibitionist - for people who really like to show off Explosion - careful, you never know when it might burst into flames Exaggerator - not as big as you think it is Excommunicator - just don’t drive it to church Exorcist - rotates 360 degrees while in neutral ---
**Author:** ![Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Tiki_God)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-suv-names/75305/2 "2001-08-07T16:35:19Z")
The Phallus - When your own personal unit just doesn’t measure up ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Rubin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billy_rubin/32/3622_2.png) [@Billy\_Rubin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Rubin)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-suv-names/75305/3 "2001-08-07T17:32:41Z")
Extortionist- payment never goes away. Extender- makes your regular SUV lookbigger, but it has no sensation and it’s too hard to be really lifelike Extra- the small SUV for people who already have too many Exclusion- Only the really snooty can drive it. Excavator- fun at parties! Excretion- oh, wait, they’re already using that one. b. P.S. good game! ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-suv-names/75305/4 "2001-08-07T17:58:28Z")
**Excalibur** - If you want one, you have to go down to the shore of a certain lake. If you’re worthy, a mystical woman in a white robe will toss you a set of keys. **Extremist** - Automatically throws tear gas canisters at jeering environmentalists. **Exception** - It’s like a normal SUV but it refuses to say hello to Opal. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-suv-names/75305/5 "2001-08-07T18:10:20Z")
Excathedra – What the pope drives Expostfacto – The getaway car Ad extremum – SUV hearse, for those who want to take it with them. ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-suv-names/75305/6 "2001-08-07T18:12:35Z")
The Jeep “Get the Hell Out of My Way.” ---
**Author:** ![Skummet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Skummet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skummet)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-suv-names/75305/7 "2001-08-07T18:26:44Z")
Experimental - It actually has off-road capabilities. Expander - The bigger ego you get, the bigger the SUV gets. Exterminator - Mounted with missiles and flamethrowers - perfect for road rage! Exile - For Europeans Exemption - No matter what you can’t sue Ford for this one! Ok… I think that’s as far as I can push it… If some of them just doesn’t make sense please let me know… I’m from Denmark and may have a misunderstood understanding (Is there such a thing?) of what the words actually mean… So please let me know if I’m wrong. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-suv-names/75305/8 "2001-08-07T18:46:07Z")
What cool sounding (i.e. advertising friendly) cities and places in the western United States haven’t yet been harvested as SUV or truck names? Just off the top of my head, I can think of the … Santa Fe Tahoe Sedona Laredo Pueblo Montana Denali Tacoma Yukon (in Canada, but still “western”) Outback (very, very, very far west, mate) Durango Sequoia I don’t expect to see anyone driving a Chevrolet Las Cruces or Dodge Alamogordo anytime soon, and many buyers still remember such lovely cars as the Pontiac Phoenix and Dodge Aspen. So, what’s left? Colorado Wyoming El Paso (not a nice city, but a “rugged” SUV-appropriate name IMHO) Denver Telluride Mesa Gallup Laramie You’ve got the Hyundai Santa Fe, for example, but odds are you’ll never see the Toyota Las Cruces hitting the streets anytime soon. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-suv-names/75305/9 "2001-08-07T18:47:19Z")
Cut n’ paste goof – get rid of that last somewhat redundant paragraph. Pfft … ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-suv-names/75305/10 "2001-08-07T19:20:24Z")
I’ve long used these terms: Expedition–Exaggerated Excursion --Excessive Suburban --Subdivision For their next biggie, Ford could have the Expurgated–which isn’t allowed on public roads. Toyota could follow up the Four-Runner with the Fivesight (countdown to Callahan’s fans chiming in…5…4…) Just don’t badmouth my Explorer–at 185,000 miles, it still gets 20mpg, doesn’t burn oil, and gets me, my friends, and my electronics and props to sites without getting everything wet. To someone who has to haul lots of delicate equipment, it’s a good vehicle. ---
**Author:** ![MIKE\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MIKE\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MIKE_P)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-suv-names/75305/11 "2001-08-07T19:30:46Z")
**The Excavation** Not to be confused with the Excavator, The Excavation is a Komatsu 930E\* With the rear bed removed and in its place a luxury cabin with seating for 50,an IMAX theater,Minibar,Pool,3 bathrooms,and a Disco Floor. All yours for 10 payments of 3,999,999!! \*A really,really BIG dump truck. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-suv-names/75305/12 "2001-08-07T19:38:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Balance \* > \*\*I’ve long used these terms: > Expedition–Exaggerated > Excursion --Excessive > Suburban --Subdivision > \*\* Well, hello Dave Barry! ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-suv-names/75305/13 "2001-08-07T19:45:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > Well, hello Dave Barry! 😕 Does he use those, too? It may be a shameful admission here in MPSIMS, but I’ve never read any of his stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Kamandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5daacb/32.png) [@Kamandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamandi)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-suv-names/75305/14 "2001-08-07T20:02:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by beckwall \* > \*\*Exaggerator - not as big as you think it is > \*\* Ha ha ha! That’s great! How about: Get your own Oldsmobile Obscenity The new Chevrolet Continent The 2002 Pontiac Planet New for 2002, the Toyota Tectonic And you know you want the Mitsubishi Mountain Crusher Ok, they suck. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-suv-names/75305/15 "2001-08-07T20:06:23Z")
**Exoskeleton** : Heavily armored, so you are sure to “win” in a crash. **Extrusion** : Ultra-sleek design. New manufacturing process! **Existentialist** : The design team couldn’t decide if the concept was good or bad, and in the end it didn’t really matter anyway. **ExLax** : Comes with a built-in drivers-side potty! Sorry–that last one was really gross. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-suv-names/75305/16 "2001-08-07T20:06:50Z")
How about the **Excape** - a vehicle for the pronounciation impaired… ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-suv-names/75305/17 "2001-08-07T21:03:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Balance \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > > Well, hello Dave Barry! > > 😕 > Does he use those, too? It may be a shameful admission here in MPSIMS, but I’ve never read any of his stuff. \*\* I’ve seen “Subdivision” appear in his column, not sure what he uses for the others. Haven’t read his column in years and never read one of his books. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-suv-names/75305/18 "2001-08-07T21:13:18Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Kamandi \* \*\* > [@](#): > > - > > The new Chevrolet Continent > The 2002 Pontiac Planet > > Ok, they suck. \*\* \*\*Doesn’t suck! I laughed out loud! ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-suv-names/75305/19 "2001-08-07T21:27:06Z")
Can you name the truck with four wheel drive, smells like a steak and seats thirty-five… Canyonero! Canyonero! Well, it goes real slow with the hammer down, It’s the country-fried truck endorsed by a clown! Canyonero! (Yah!) Canyonero! The Federal Highway comission has ruled the Canyonero unsafe for highway or city driving. Canyonero! 12 yards long, 2 lanes wide, 65 tons of American Pride! Canyonero! Canyonero! Top of the line in utility sports, Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts! Canyonero! Canyonero! (Yah!) She blinds everybody with her super high beams, She’s a squirrel crushing, deer smacking, driving machine! Canyonero!-oh woah, Canyonero! (Yah!) ---
**Author:** ![Syzygy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Syzygy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syzygy)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-suv-names/75305/20 "2001-08-07T21:28:42Z")
**Exacerbator** - Instant road rage! **ExCon** - Keep the kids away from this one. **ExCetera** - Has every option. Ax me; I’ll tell you. **Execrable** - Finally, an SUV worthy of its name. **Excess** - Take the road less travelled (because this thing’s too big for the highway)! **Exhauster** - Steering and pedals have variable resistance settings. Get a workout on the way to the grocery store! **pugluvr** , any time my friends and I see one of these monstrosities on the road, we can’t help but sing, “Canyonerooo…” Now **that** was an SUV! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-suv-names/75305.md?page=2)