Stupidest NAME for any Car

I realize this discussion may be over at the OP, as soon as I type TOUAREG, but anyway…

It sounds like my cat carking up a hairball. What marketing guru hypnotized the head honchos at VW, the company which owns Rolls-Royce Motorcars no less, into putting THIS vomit sound effect on a vehicle??!!? If he ever wants to quit working, this guy could walk into banks and just mesmerize tellers into putting all the money in the bag without pressing the little button.

That would be the GM Turd.

Maybe next year.

Pinto. Why name a car after a bean.

Or a horse…

Probe certainly lends itself to jokes.

(What’s the ideal car for a proctologist?)

I’ve always had a soft spot for the Humber Super Snipe.

Then there’s the Ford heh heh Escort heh heh.

I always wondered how those 6-figure salary marketing geniuses ever came up with names like:
-Cadillac “CATERA” (it was a german made Opel Senator).CATERA sounds like Catrahh …which is a head cold!
-Chevrolet “CITATION”-to me, a citation is an order to appear in court!
-Oldsmobile “ALERO”-what’s an alero anyway?
-Toyota “CAMRY” -is a camry something like
a clostomy?

The Justy. Justy leetle car.

Toronado nearly means “swimming bull” in Spanish. Nearly.

Suzuki ESTEEM.
And HEY! I have an Escort! : p

I can’t forget the Toyota Previa.

Way to name a car after a potential obstetrical disaster.
http://www.baby-parenting.com/images/previa_tot.jpg

The VW Phaeton. In Greek mythology, Phaeton was the sun god’s son, and foolishly asked Daddy if he could drive the Sun for a day. Of course, he couldn’t control it, and managed to scorch quite a bit of land before being killed by Zeus.

A rash decision, loss of control, and death. What an image for a car.

Rejected names for the Edsel:

Mongoose Civique
Turcotinga
Utopian Turtletop

Skoda Superb?
Toyota Toyopet (I think it was Toyopet, rumour had it Toyota wanted to call it the Toyolet).
TVR Sagaris (just announced) is splitting opinions.

Stupidest name ever has to be the Reliant. You want your car to be reliable; you want to be reliant on IT.

I’m sure I’ll want a Tundra the next time I’m out cruising the perma-frost.

Celica sounds a lot like what breast implants are made of.

Is Accura supposed to evoke “accuracy” and Integra “integrity”? Accura to me sounds more like a target, and Integra more like a skin disease.

Well, in Spanish, it has to be the Mitsubishu Pajero - which means masturbator. This explains why the car is marketed as the Montero in many areas . . .

Remember the Buick Acieva? That was a pretty clunky name.

The worst of all time, though, has to be the Gremlin. What would move someone to name anything mechanical the “Gremlin”?

Howyadoin,

No, no, no… Acura implies “accurate”, Integra connotes “integrate”.

Me, i’m waiting for the new Masturba!

-Rav

Achieva I mean :smack: