Stupidest NAME for any Car

Hehehe… wooooossshhhhhhhhh

Same way I felt about my Geo Metro. The thing has 3 cylinders and a carburetor. Not to mention it looks like an egg going down the road.

Anyone ever notice that the Metro looks exactly like the Suzuki Swift? Yeah, right, with squirrels under the hood, it was really swift.

BTW, my elderly mother now has my Metro. It’s perfect for her to run her little errands and go to the Dr., so some things turn out for the best.

I, on the other hand, have another nomination for bad car names, the Saturn Vue.

Honda CR-V EX

C’mon - sound it out…

Assuming your definition of “peacefully” includes ritual sacrifice. I was really disapointed when I looked at a new Aztec and realized that it didn’t come with an alter attached. :frowning:

The name “Nazi Staff Car” tested poorly when they did the marketing surveys.

Ah, yes. The venerable VW Snotcheese.

I heard the name of the Touraeg announced before I saw it in print, so I had no idea how it was to be spelled. I heard “Toe-Rag.” I immediately thought–“toe-cheese” and “snot-rag.” Yes, I’m disgusting. Anyway, I immediately started calling it the Snotcheese. I like that better.
But the most horrible recent car name has to be the Nissan Armada. As soon as I heard a commercial, I turned to my husband and said, “but didn’t the Armada…lose? :confused:” He said, “yeah, they did. I think they did. Didn’t they?” Neither of us could believe that they named a car after one of the most notorious and crushing defeats in history. We had to look it up because we figured that we must be mistaken!

From Encarta: Armada, Spanish: fleet assembled and dispatched by King Philip II of Spain in an unsuccessful attempt to invade England in 1588. The defeat of the armada was one of the great achievements of Queen Elizabeth I of England and helped bring about the subsequent decline of the Spanish Empire.

And to make it even more awful: Many SUV owners say that one of the reasons that they wanted a larger heavier vehicle is that the bigger car is likely to “win” in a collision. But the bigger, stronger, Spanish Armada was soundly defeated. Therefore, the following scenario is inevitable: An Armada will collide with a Honda Civic. The Civic will sustain a dented fender. The Armada will be totalled.

What the heck were they thinking?

How about those Mercedes-Benz “KOMPRESSOR” models-are they supposed to be vacuum cleaners or something? Are they planning a whole new line of “Kompressors”? Inquiring minds want to know!

At least it doesn’t look like a jellybean.

I’m still laughing! This reminds me of the Volvo, which my 95-year-old stepmother still pronounces Vulva without a hint of mirth. :smiley:

AFAIK, Kompressor is simply German for “Turbo” As if the regular MB cars weren’t fast enough, they had to go put a turbo in them??

MBs have had turbodiesels for years but the use of Kompressor has been around even longer.

I always hated those totally meaningless names like “Ciera”.

Everybody and their uncle builds turbos. Cars bearing the “Kompressor” label are supercharged.

What’s so silly about “Touareg”, anyway ? Naming an off-raod vehicle after a desert people known for their nomadic lifestyle seems perfectly logical to me.

Based on the “Bucket-Car”, yet.

Anal-Bronco
Anal-Roadmaster
Anal-Rambler
Anal-Alliance
LOL.

Matador: A “killer” car name.
Impulse: Resist the impulse.
LTD: “Limited”? Why advertise it?
Omni: was more limited, I think.
DeVille: Devil’s in the details, huh?
Aspire: I always read it “Ass-fire”.
Honey-Bee?: Please.

I’ve always called that the Toyota Pod Van. Looks like the Honda Element, God what an ugly vehicle!

That reminds me of the Vanagon:

http://www.vanagon.com/media/syncro/dansoung.html

(Is it Vanna-gon? Or is it vanAGON?)

Let’s talk Fords…

Why did the Model T come before the Model A?

Why call a four-door sedan a Tudor?

Maverick Grabber. You bought 'er, YOU grab 'er.
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Anal-Impulse. Somebody stop me.

Another name that was considered and rejected was the “Resilient Bullet”, which in my opinion would have been tough.

What about the Mazda Millenia (sic)?

I always thought the GM Impact was a particularly bad name for a car.

Naming econo-boxes after serious muscle cars of 60’s (LeMans) is also a bad use of a good name. At least the GTO (which officially stands for nothing in particular) is being put on a car with some oomph.

No one mentioned the VW Golf. What about the Porsche Boxter? Then there’s the Murcury Mistake…uh, Mistique…