# Sickening car names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 2, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sickening-car-names/744981 "2016-02-02T19:58:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sickening-car-names/744981/81 "2016-02-04T19:06:03Z")
> [@E.Thorp](#): > > Jeep Wranger Rubicon. **There’s no going back.** I always thought “Rubicon” implied a degree of unreliability, since once you cross the Rubicon, [_alea iacta est_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alea_iacta_est). So go ahead, strap in and throw the dice! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sickening-car-names/744981/82 "2016-02-04T20:52:18Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > I throw up in my mouth a little every time I see a [del]Placenta[/del] Toyota Previa. Ah yes, named for the obstetrical disaster. An ill-omened one, to be sure. I wonder if any obstetricians ever owned one. I doubt they’d dare park it in the doctor’s lot at the hospital. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sickening-car-names/744981/83 "2016-02-04T21:18:14Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > I always thought “Rubicon” implied a degree of unreliability, since once you cross the Rubicon, [_alea iacta est_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alea_iacta_est). > > So go ahead, strap in and throw the dice! [“The German Mercedes are approaching! Aim for the Drivers and Get Out Fast…!”](http://www.bigredhair.com/movies/ratpatrol.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sickening-car-names/744981/84 "2016-02-09T09:14:02Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Cars with stupid names: there are SUVs named Sequoia (huge and immobile), Armada (Spanish is the only Armada anyone remembers, and we know how it fared), and Terrain (kinda like with Roadway trucks, I always want to paint an arrow pointing downward next to the name). At least they didn’t call it the Armado. That would’a been worse. Lit.: assembled, erected (as in “crane” or “scaffold”). Fig.: erect, and I don’t mean standing up. > [@RivkahChaya](#): > > If the Edsel hadn’t flopped, it might have led to a whole line of cars with nerdy men’s names: > > The Ford Percival > The Ford Floyd > The Ford Eugene > The Ford Leonard > The Ford Elliot > The Ford Seymour > The Ford Harold > The Ford Clarence > The Ford Irving > The Ford Melvin I want a Ford E(a)rnest! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sickening-car-names/744981/85 "2016-02-09T17:01:40Z")
I wonder why there’s never been a Dodge Bullet? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sickening-car-names/744981/86 "2016-02-09T17:31:56Z")
Jeep Custer, the only Jeep more offensive to Indians than the Cherokee. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sickening-car-names/744981/87 "2016-02-09T19:43:15Z")
Awhile back, one Doper who ran a transmission shop said he was fond of the **Ford Exploder** because of all the business that model brought to his shop. Chevrolet went for a series of cars almost named with French horse words; **Cavalier, Chevelle** \*, and **Chevette. Citation** was a famous race horse. Somehow they passed over **Apple, Nag, Oatburner, and Gelding.** Ford beat them to **Pinto.** Cadillac once had French names like **Coupe deVille, Calais** , and **Faux Pas**. Oh, wait, not that one. Now, they use letters like **CTS** and, oddly, **ETC.** No **IBS** , though. I was a little surprised Toyota didn’t go for the Jewish/Jedi tie-in with **Oy! Yoda.** ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sickening-car-names/744981/88 "2016-02-09T19:48:09Z")
Oops. Forgot my asterisk. Chevrolet had a name-the-new-car contest among employees. The winning name was **Cheval.** Somebody in Marketing changed it to **Chevelle.** ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sickening-car-names/744981/89 "2016-02-09T22:49:20Z")
The Daihatsu Diarrhea The Isuzu Idiot The Mazda Moron The Ford Fuckup The Toyota Turd The Acura Anus The Buick Bastard The Nissan Nausea ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sickening-car-names/744981/90 "2016-02-10T00:02:13Z")
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