# SUVs and western names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 15, 2016, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suvs-and-western-names/768584 "2016-10-15T08:19:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2016, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suvs-and-western-names/768584/21 "2016-10-16T12:01:04Z")
> [@48Willys](#): > > I know it will come as a surprise to some of you from “Back East” that most folks actually would like to be portrayed as a cowboy, or a cowgirl, or at least “Western”. > > I know that some of you-all can not imagine being away from your “civilization”, big cities, etc. Those of you that think this way are not the demographics that Pickup & SUV manufacturers are targeting with these names. You are not going to buy an SUV anyway. Have you been to the East? ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2016, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suvs-and-western-names/768584/22 "2016-10-16T13:36:08Z")
I would guess that well over half of the vehicles on the road here are SUVs, mostly larger ones. And overwhelmingly Jeeps of every model. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2016, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suvs-and-western-names/768584/23 "2016-10-16T15:36:45Z")
> [@48Willys](#): > > No, I do not think that darts were involved. As has been pointer out, you could end up with names like Wagon Tire, Dead Horse, Lost cow, or even Broken Axle. Traveling in my old stomping grounds last summer made me think of some of these names: Starvation Creek, Deadmans Pass, Dead Ox Flats, Devils Lake, Rattlesnake Springs, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suvs-and-western-names/768584/24 "2016-10-16T15:39:24Z")
Jokes aside, it’s obvious the marketers are circling round the branding-iron fire and choosing names that resonate in that Bonanza/Marboro-country sort of way. And yeah, it’s a little tedious. But then, branding is sort of like being a rebel in high school: you want to be totally different, just like everyone else. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suvs-and-western-names/768584/25 "2016-10-17T19:57:36Z")
I’m looking forward to the Pontiac Deadwood. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suvs-and-western-names/768584/26 "2016-10-17T23:17:19Z")
Honda Ridgeline? I know it’s not specifically western, but perhaps meant in invoke the high mountains of the west? Incidentally, the Ford [Bronco and Ranger](http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/future-cars/news/a31019/ford-bronco-ranger-confirmed-uaw-trump/) are supposed to be making a come back - those for sure are western names. It’s good one of the darts never landed on Oxnard. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suvs-and-western-names/768584/27 "2016-10-18T00:37:11Z")
Unnamed so far, not strictly geographical but still West-referential: the Ford [Ranchero](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Ranchero) and Chevy [El Camino](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_El_Camino) (obviously derived from El Camino Real) odd combination sedan/pickups; and the Toyota Sequoia SUV. FWIW there have been vehicles named after locations out West that are not so for the sake of evoking the open range but some other vibe such as the Malibu. > [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I’m looking forward to the Pontiac Deadwood. Appropriate for a defunct brand, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suvs-and-western-names/768584/28 "2016-10-18T02:55:51Z")
Although Cadillacs are mostly not SUVs, many of their names are Spanish. Being from the Waspish east, this invokes a western image to me: El Dorado Seville DeVille Cimmaron Dennis ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suvs-and-western-names/768584/29 "2016-10-18T13:25:24Z")
Nissan Pathfinder. Not sure what’s up with the Armada. ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suvs-and-western-names/768584/30 "2016-10-18T16:06:12Z")
I think Armada just sounds big. There is the Nissan Frontier which evokes feelings of non-city specific western ruggedness. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suvs-and-western-names/768584/31 "2016-10-18T17:47:04Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > It’s good one of the darts never landed on Oxnard. Wait 'till you grip your hands around an Oxnard! ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suvs-and-western-names/768584/32 "2016-10-18T20:08:11Z")
I can’t remember if it was when Ram was still part of Dodge or after they went on their own but they had/have a Bighorn Edition. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suvs-and-western-names/768584/33 "2016-10-18T20:17:29Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I’m looking forward to the Pontiac Deadwood. How about the [Limon?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limon,_Colorado) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suvs-and-western-names/768584.md?page=1)