# Songs that mention import cars **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [May 25, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-import-cars/942918 "2021-05-25T22:02:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-import-cars/942918/21 "2021-05-26T02:35:16Z")
Not a car, but Little Honda by The Hondells ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-import-cars/942918/22 "2021-05-26T03:04:20Z")
Rush _Red Barchetta_ ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-import-cars/942918/23 "2021-05-26T04:09:07Z")
Another Mercedes: Johnny Duncan [_The Lady In The Blue Mercedes_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngAfli-m6PA). > Then somewhere in the evening came a heavenly voice > Saying thank you for a wonderful day. > Then the beautiful lady in the blue Mercedes > Blew a kiss . . . >                                           . . . and drove away. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-import-cars/942918/24 "2021-05-26T04:16:49Z")
First heard this on Dr. Demento: [Making Love In A Subaru (1977 Demo Version) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXYKVfoJ2Gs) by Damaskas ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-import-cars/942918/25 "2021-05-26T11:34:48Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > Eagles - Hotel California - Mercedes Benz In Hotel California the line is “she’s got the Mercedes bends”. At least that’s what it had on the lyrics sheet on the album. ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-import-cars/942918/26 "2021-05-26T13:24:05Z")
“Rapture” by Blondie mentions eating a Suburu (among other domestic cars). ---
**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 26, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-import-cars/942918/27 "2021-05-26T13:50:34Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > Kanye West - Gold Digger - Hyundai, Benz, Datsun Datsun? How old is Kanye West? ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-import-cars/942918/28 "2021-05-26T14:00:44Z")
Barenaked Ladies - If I Had a Million Dollars - (Plymouth) Reliant ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-import-cars/942918/29 "2021-05-26T16:17:09Z")
I actually looked up where the Reliant was built, because Chrysler does have a factory in Canada (Windsor, Ontario). But the Reliant was built in the US, so it was an import from BNL’s perspective. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-import-cars/942918/30 "2021-05-26T16:32:27Z")
_Short Skirt / Long Jacket_ “She’s changing her name From Kitty to Karen She’s trading her MG for a white Chrysler LeBaron” ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-import-cars/942918/31 "2021-05-26T16:48:40Z")
_The Garden of Allah_ - Don Henley Nice car I love those Bavarians So meticulous ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-import-cars/942918/32 "2021-05-26T16:50:41Z")
_Harvey and Sheila_ - Allan Sherman > Traded their used MG > For a new XKE > Switched to the GOP > That’s the way things go ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-import-cars/942918/33 "2021-05-26T17:09:37Z")
Some productions of _The Mikado_ add a spoof verse to “Mi-ya Sa-ma”: > Mitsubishi, Kawasaki, Sony, Seiko, Yamaha… ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-import-cars/942918/34 "2021-05-26T18:06:28Z")
Richard Thompson: _MGB Gt_ She’s a Runner! ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-import-cars/942918/35 "2021-05-26T18:38:15Z")
The Jaguar XKE seems to have been one of the go-to fast cars in 1960s car songs (and the Stingray, but that was domestic). Another such example is _Hey Little Cobra_ by The Rip Cords: > I took my Cobra down to the track > Hitched to the back of my Cadillac > Everyone was there just a waiting for me > There were plenty of Stingrays and XKEs Besides the XKE, could the Cobra be considered an import? It started out as a British car, which was then modified by Carroll Shelby in the US. Wikipedia describes it as a “British-American” car. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-import-cars/942918/36 "2021-05-26T19:45:13Z")
There is mention of a Honda in that song as well ---
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That reminds me, there was a Beach Boys song called “Little Honda”, albeit it was about a motorcycle rather than a car. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-import-cars/942918/38 "2021-05-27T15:49:44Z")
“The Wreck of the Barbie Ferrari” by John Hiatt ---
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_Maneater_ by Hall and Oates " . . ._The woman is wild, a she-cat tamed by the purr of a Jaguar"_ ---
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-mention-import-cars/942918/40 "2021-05-28T22:13:36Z")
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