# Stupidest NAME for any Car
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-name-for-any-car/220331
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [December 21, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-name-for-any-car/220331 "2003-12-21T17:31:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@hyjyljyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hyjyljyj)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-name-for-any-car/220331/1 "2003-12-21T17:31:30Z")
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.
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### Author:  [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-name-for-any-car/220331/2 "2003-12-21T17:42:29Z")
That would be the GM **Turd**.
Maybe next year.
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### Author:  [@Oat1957](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oat1957)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-name-for-any-car/220331/3 "2003-12-21T17:58:48Z")
Pinto. Why name a car after a bean.
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### Author:  [@Alexnbink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alexnbink)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-name-for-any-car/220331/4 "2003-12-21T18:01:30Z")
Or a horse…
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### Author:  [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-name-for-any-car/220331/5 "2003-12-21T18:14:57Z")
**Probe** certainly lends itself to jokes.
(What’s the ideal car for a proctologist?)
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### Author:  [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-name-for-any-car/220331/6 "2003-12-21T18:21:30Z")
I’ve always had a soft spot for the Humber _Super Snipe_.
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### Author:  [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-name-for-any-car/220331/7 "2003-12-21T18:26:28Z")
Then there’s the Ford heh heh Escort heh heh.
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### Author:  [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-name-for-any-car/220331/8 "2003-12-21T18:47:02Z")
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?
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### Author:  [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-name-for-any-car/220331/9 "2003-12-21T18:55:14Z")
The Justy. Justy leetle car.
Toronado nearly means “swimming bull” in Spanish. Nearly.
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### Author:  [@Sapphire\_Bullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapphire_Bullet)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-name-for-any-car/220331/10 "2003-12-21T18:57:06Z")
Suzuki ESTEEM.
And HEY! I have an Escort! : p
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### Author:  [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-name-for-any-car/220331/11 "2003-12-21T19:12:28Z")
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](http://www.baby-parenting.com/images/previa_tot.jpg)
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### Author:  [@jmizzou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmizzou)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-name-for-any-car/220331/12 "2003-12-21T20:12:47Z")
The [VW Phaeton](http://www.thephaeton.co.uk/). In Greek mythology, [Phaeton](http://www.hipark.austin.isd.tenet.edu/mythology/phaeton.html) 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.
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-name-for-any-car/220331/13 "2003-12-21T20:36:17Z")
Rejected names for the Edsel:
Mongoose Civique
Turcotinga
Utopian Turtletop
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### Author:  [@Tuco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuco)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-name-for-any-car/220331/14 "2003-12-21T20:44:20Z")
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.
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### Author:  [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-name-for-any-car/220331/15 "2003-12-21T20:59:31Z")
Stupidest name ever has to be the Reliant. You want your car to be reliable; you want to be reliant on IT.
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### Author:  [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-name-for-any-car/220331/16 "2003-12-21T21:54:07Z")
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.
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### Author:  [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2003, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-name-for-any-car/220331/17 "2003-12-21T22:30:50Z")
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 . . .
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### Author:  [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-name-for-any-car/220331/18 "2003-12-21T23:20:45Z")
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”?
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### Author:  [@The\_Raven\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Raven_1)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2003, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-name-for-any-car/220331/19 "2003-12-21T23:22:11Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by DesertGeezer \*
> \*\*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.
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> Is **Accura** supposed to evoke “accuracy” and **Integra** “integrity”? Accura to me sounds more like a target, and Integra more like a skin disease. \*\*
Howyadoin,
No, no, no… Acura implies “accurate”, Integra connotes “integrate”.
Me, i’m waiting for the new Masturba!
-Rav
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### Author:  [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2003, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-name-for-any-car/220331/20 "2003-12-21T23:22:37Z")
Achieva I mean :smack:
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