Why are cars named after small Western towns and not big cities?

[Railer13]

Dodge Monaco - Ritzy European principality

Dodge Aspen - Colorado ski resort. Or a tree

Chevrolet Tahoe - Big lake in California & Nevada

[Kent_Clark]

Automakers have become more careful with their names

2002 Chrysler Concorde - Commercial - Weird Names

[ricepad]

@WildaBeast

There actually used to be a car brand called Oakland.

And how is that brand doing?

[kitap]

Tucson has a population of about a million.

[Filbert]

At least a car’s not too bad; in the UK there’s a popular range of toilets and bathroom fittings named for a town I used to live in (Bodmin).