Dodge Monaco - Ritzy European principality
Dodge Aspen - Colorado ski resort. Or a tree
Chevrolet Tahoe - Big lake in California & Nevada
Automakers have become more careful with their names
And how is that brand doing?
Tucson has a population of about a million.
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).
The Chrysler New Yorker, manufactured until 1996.
First produced in 1940! (I did not already know this, I looked it up, and it was way earlier than I would’ve guessed)
Don’t forget there was a Fifth Avenue variant.
Nailed it!
It’s also why so many pickup trucks are sold, that are never actually used to pick up anything.
True, but it’s somewhat overshadowed by the large, well-known city to the north. Apart from Seattle, people think the northwest is all wilderness. There was a clue on Jeopardy! about Tacoma recently and nobody got it. Well, it was Celebrity Jeopardy!.
I live in Boston now. When I describe Tacoma to people here I tell them it’s like Worcester.
I have a comedy album where one of the routines is an interview with a guy who names cars, and invented the trend of using names that end with ‘a’. He’s then challenged to come up with new names based on a description. The only two I remember are Ford Jehovah and Toyota Plethora.
You haven’t been in a Chevy Malibu recently, have you?
I had an idea for a blog of testing products in the place they were named for, like a GMC Acadia in Acadia, or an Adirondack chair in the Adirondacks.
And there was the Chevy Corsica, which was named after the Mediterrean island. Why is anyone’s guess.
Chevrolet Corsica 1994 - Chevrolet Corsica - Wikipedia
Looking at it, it doesn’t really suggest exotic French island and birthplace of Napolean Bonaparte
Do we know if the Lincoln Town Car is dedicated to a western town?
When the Malibu was named in 1964 it was nearly the top of the line Chevy. Been en-cheapified a lot since then.
Well, there’s always a first time. I would name this vehicle, “Chicago”.
The Chicago
My advertising caption would be: “When the light turns green, I suggest you step on the gas.”
It looks like it was modeled after the Herkimer Battle Jitney.
If there’s any vehicle I associate with Chicago, it’s this:
(Albeit the Bluesmobile is a Dodge Monaco, already mentioned in this thread)
Pretty much the opposite. If you’ve ever seen an old movie in which the rich are sitting in a closed back car driven by a chauffeur in an open front you’ve seen a “town car.” The Lincoln was a modern version that was closed but separated the front seat from a spacious rear. Still good for rich people with chauffeurs.
Not available in the US but Honda named a car after every city.
Seat Ibiza, manufactured since 1984, is named after the Spanish Mediterranean island. Many of the original Seat models were named after places in Spain, such as the Seat Toledo which was named after the Spanish city, not the place in Ohio.
There’s a Buick LaCrosse*. In Canada it’s marketed as the Allure. My understanding is “La Crosse”, in some parts of Canada is connected to a slang French phrase for masturbating.
*Also, La Crosse is the name of a small city (within a small County of the same name) in Wisconsin. A friend of mine lives there and sometimes jokingly refers to her hometown as “Masturbate, Wisconsin”.