I hate KIA in general. It stands for “Killed in action.”
Pontiac made a car called Pheonix. Destined to burn up and be reborn from the ashes.
I hate KIA in general. It stands for “Killed in action.”
Pontiac made a car called Pheonix. Destined to burn up and be reborn from the ashes.
The “KIA 49ANDGOTHY” is the best car name ever.
There are plenty of possibilities going along with Ford’s Ex-pattern that they use for the Excursion, Expedition, Explorer, etc.:
Ford Excretion
Ford Excision
Ford Extrusion
Ford Exfoliation
Ford Expletive
etc.
Ah, in that case:
The Dodge Drip
The Chevy Clap
Lincoln STD
Hyundai Sclerosis
Chevy Candida
The British Ford series used to be jokingly called Angle, Defect, Tonsil, Zither and Kodak (circa 1960). (Anglia, Prefect, Consul, Zephyr, Zodiac.)
Lexus Lupus
“It’s never lupus!”
Volkswagen Thing.
I Googled. Mitsubishi Fhqwhgads would write its own slogan and push it “to the limit.” Although it could blow up and seem a pest.
Or just Volkswagen in general. Better yet, “Land Rover.” Here’s $80,000 for something that will break down 5 times per year.
ETA
“Touareg.” Cuz it tours? That or Grand Cherokee. Next up: the Ford Canuck and Hyundai Israelite.
Because you have to deal with getting receipts for service spelling it “Carolla” constantly.
Cayenne (of all things an ingredient?)
Tuareg (of all things)
Torana
Lagonda
As a kid I thought Corolla and Corona as weird
VW camper van: Westfalia. Instantly named “Westfailure”. Maybe that bit of “didn’t think this through, did you?” presaged their “Clean Diesel” blunder.
I’m lazy, but I suspect a quick check of Detroit model names from 1956-1962 would bring forth some classics.
I remember the Olds “Rocket 88”. Everyone wannted to cash in on the Space Race.
Harley Davidson had a bike called the FXRT.
A friend of mine says that you don’t aspire *to *the Ford Aspire…you aspire *from *it. To a better car.
Vacationing in the Caribbean last month, our rent-a-wreck was a Hyundai(?) Getz.
I called the car Bernie. My gf eventually asked why.
BMW TF
(WTF is wrong with my BMs?)
That had never occurred to me, but yeah, it’s pretty terrible.
The Fit is sold as the Jazz outside North America. I’m not sure that’s better.
And the Ford Expatriate - it’s built in Mexico!
Westfalia was the name of the company that did the camper conversions. VW didn’t choose it (the name, that is).
I remember when we still had the Chevy El Nino. Now there’s a car with some environmental impact.
But I had little enthusiasm for the Ford Tepid we got later.
My brother grimaces when I call his the “TRDmobile.”
Toyota Cervix (CRV-EX)
Ford Tuchas (Taurus)
Ford Exploder (Explorer)
Ford Executioner (Excursion)
Ford Assfire (Aspire)
I sometimes intentionally slacken my pronunciation of the first vowel on the Ford Focus.