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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Darcy7 on August 23, 2011, 10:47:43 PM
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I was driving to work this morning sitting behind what I consider to be the worst named car ever when a thought occurred to me. What are some of the other really bad names that have been given to cars over the years? I mentally compiled a list of some of my personal favorites (in no particular order):
Datsun Sunny, Daihatsu Pyzar, Nissan Bluebird, Mitsubishi Nimrod, Mitsubishi Delica, Toyota Yarris, Mazda Protege', and the Holden Epica.
But...what car sparked this thought in the first place? Possibly the worst name ever given to a car and I apologize to anyone who has one because I'm sure they are great cars. But the name...? Toyota Kluger...! Honestly it sounds like something you cough up...! I feel like I have excuse myself after saying it.
So then...what are some of the other really bad names that have been given to cars over the years? Perhaps a poll...?
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The Ford Probe always brought an unexplained tear to my eye ;D
Alchemist
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Ford Ka
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subaru vortex
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Pajero... Its spanish for w*nker apparently..
Then again it may just be the best named car ever?????
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terrican or dunnycan whatever it is
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Toyota Kluger...! Honestly it sounds like something you cough up...! I feel like I have excuse myself after saying it.
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Mazda Scrum
Nissan have had some shockers, got no Idea what drugs they are on.
Nissan Prairie Joy
Nissan Largo
Nissan Fairlady
Nissan Big Thumb, It is a Truck ???
And for the Taliban Urban warrior
Mitsubishi Mini Active Urban Sandal
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Commondore
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nissan cedric - named as because nissan did a survey to find out the most common aristocratic name in the u.k
daihatsu pyzar - pyzar what - $2.50 with sauce?
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subaru tribeca (trifecta)
vw touareg (toerag)
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Without a doubt, Ssang Yong have it in the bag with the, Rexton, Actyon or the Stavic. Any of them could take our the title, but surely sheer weight of numbers prevails!
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Without a doubt, Ssang Yong have it in the bag with the, Rexton, Actyon or the Stavic.
You forgot Musso
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Without a doubt, Ssang Yong have it in the bag with the, Rexton, Actyon or the Stavic.
Any of them could take our the title, but surely sheer weight of numbers prevails!
I'm glad it's only a "worst name" and not worst performance thread
I remember the old saying, 'sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never affect me' ;D ;D
Only those who've driven an 'Actyon' in anger would know of their ability, I've now got the 'scars' on the sides :'(
When I get the 285x60x18 AT's I think it maybe (almost) unstoppable :angel:
(hint) Maybe we can organize a bush trip as part of the Busselton meet 3 & 4th Sept.
http://www.southwestlife.com.au/articles/4wd-in-the-south-west.html (http://www.southwestlife.com.au/articles/4wd-in-the-south-west.html)
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My first car was a 1958 Standard 10. Most would ask "standard what?"
It was made by the Standard-Triumph group and its badge was the same as the Triumph shield.
The 10 was horsepower. There was also a Standard 8 but I had the hot version!
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Pajero... Its spanish for w*nker apparently..
Then again it may just be the best named car ever?????
Sorry just being pedantic, No translation for Pajero from Spanish to English, BUT
pajeros is Spanish for tosser/wanker :police:
Baz.
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Kevin.
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MMMMMMMMMMMMMM let me think ................ GM Hummer
Getz (stuffed)
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proton waja what were they thinking
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landcruiser.
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Here is a few more
Road runner (beep beep )
Gremlin
swinger
belvedere
robin
scamp
duster
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Commodure Lumina - must have got a special deal on badges from Chevvy
Dodge Dart "Swinger" is a bit outdated now.
just love Mazda Bongo
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landcruiser.
You idiot 8)
Not being bias in any way are we?
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Moke
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And:
The Subary Legacy Touring Bruce (Willis)
See:
http://autos.sympatico.ca/best-worst/6549/the-worst-car-names-ever/1
Diahatsu Scat
Bimbo
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Driving to work this morning I was following a Mitsubishi Magna Solera....bad enough name but when its two tone maroon and gold with gold badging and gold painted hub cabs it only gets worse................
You can't polish a turd......
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Ford Prefect
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Ford Prefect
is that the '42 model
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Couple I can think of... Mitsubishi Starion and Ford Performance anything. The words Ford and Performance are really just contradictory terms and don't belong together.
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Dave
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Prado
running for cover here
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Ford Edsel
Daihatsu Copen
Toyota had some beauties overseas - Alphard, Belta, Curren, Rukus.
But I still have a soft spot for the aforementioned Nissan Cedric
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Datsun Pootrol >:D yuk think I just threw up in my mouth
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Sorry just being pedantic, No translation for Pajero from Spanish to English, BUT
pajeros is Spanish for tosser/wanker :police:
Baz.
Had is conversation witha Spanish speaking workmate a while back, (prior to me buying one, :D)
Pronouced PAHERO does in fact mean tosser/wanker Pronouced PAJERO is actually a bird.
also found this doing a Google search
pajero [pah-hay’-ro]
noun1. One who deals in straw, and carries it about for sale. (m)
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And what about
Nada Nivia,
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Ever noticed they never made a VD Commodre?? VB, VC, VE, no VD though......
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Ever noticed they never made a VD Commodre?? VB, VC, VE, no VD though......
The model line up was going to be L, SL, SLE, SLX and a new top of the line STD.
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There is also the Ssang Yong Hover.
Edit: it's a Great wall Hover.
My apologies to Ssang yong, Their names aren't quite that bad.
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Don't think I'd want to walk into the showroom & say I wanted a VD STD thanks...... :cheers:
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Don't think I'd want to walk into the showroom & say I wanted a VD STD thanks...... :cheers:
Unless you're wearing a rain coat ;D
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Just look up skoda they have some ripper names like SUPERB, well is it really that good. Maybe if the car makers where just honest with there models like Holden Camira should have been called Holden Heap Of S##t or Ford Coursair should have been Ford Failure then we would know before people buy them, just an idea lol
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Oooh, Holden Camira. That is scraping the bottom of the $hit bucket. They were close to honest with the model, JD = Just Don't :cheers:
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Oooh, Holden Camira. That is scraping the bottom of the $hit bucket. They were close to honest with the model, JD = Just Don't :cheers:
Dont forget the early holdens with the HD (highly dangerous) and the HR (hastily revised). There was also the SB Barina.
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Been a long time since I worked on a Camira, still get the shakes & sweats when I see one.... :cheers:
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Don't forget the Toyota T-18 Macho Macho Machine
God I can still hear the jingle.
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Seeing as this is about crook names, what about the Proton Satria ?? Sounds more like an eating disorder.
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Saw a car today called "The Cube". Ugly name for an ulgy car
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Ever noticed they never made a VD Commodre?? VB, VC, VE, no VD though......
Used to put sht on a work make with a 4.2 VE . Said it was a VD commode with the power of a 6 and the economy of an 8
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4.2 through a trimac = wouldn't pull Jesus off his cross!
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GM's 'NOVA' which means 'Doesn't Go' in Spanish! Re-badged the car as Corsa in Europe as a result, but kept Nova in the UK. (Eventually re-badged to Corsa in the UK when the model was face lifted.) ;D
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Okay what about the toyota Rukus, ugly name and even fuglier car. ;D
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Wow...this has taken off...! It's amazing how many awful names for cars are out there. Really makes you wonder what the marketing bovine at the manufactures were thinking.
Apparently the pager is known as the Shogun in many other countries because of the translation.
I'd completely forgot about the Ford Probe. Popular with proctologists...!
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What about the Leyland P76...what the 'truck is a P76!
Must take the prize for the ugliest car/name combination.
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a great vehicle, but the name Dodge Ram----------why drive something that shares it's name with something that is stupid, stubborn and no good for anything other than mounting other sheep?
Hillman imp.........another WTF
TaTa...........really?.......show us ya tata's
funny how everyone bags the look of a P76........yet no one seems to mind the look of an old Magna?
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funny how everyone bags the look of a P76........yet no one seems to mind the look of an old Magna?
Speek for ya self, I reckon a cane toad is better looking, and that's sad coming from a New South welshman.
Talking of the P76, You could put a 44 gallon drum in the boot. Lets not forget the Force 7, Hmmm
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What about the Leyland P76...what the 'truck is a P76!
Must take the prize for the ugliest car/name combination.
you mean the P38, It was only half the car they thought it would be LOL
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Ford Performance anything. The words Ford and Performance are really just contradictory terms and don't belong together.
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Dave
I recently bought the family pack turbo falcon, for a dunga Aussie car (and I've driven M5's, 911s etc) it is seriously impressive bang for buck, still a few setup glitches in the rear suspension/diff but impressive performance none the least @ 11 litres per hundred.
What about HSV = Holden Special Vehicle, WTF is special about it ;D ;D ;D
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Maybe not the worst, but Suzuki 'mighty boy' ???
Car with an inferiority complex...... small car syndrome?
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You and i and Gemini pfftt
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Locals to add
Torana Plus 4 (should negative 4 it was so slow. What one would do is buy a crashed V8 torana (because there were lots of them got crashed) and swap the mechanicals into the plus 4 shell and have more fun)
Holden Sunbird (LX Torana 4 cyl with the RTS)
Gemini ZZZ (went to sleep)
Subaru Brat
Other oddities
Honda Fitta (translate fitta in Swedish - lady bits)
Ford Pinto (translate that into Brazilian -a man bit)
Buick La Crosse (ask a canadian what that means in slang terms - self abuse of a man bit)
Toyota Fiera (means ugly old woman to the Puerto Ricans)
Opel Ascona (Northern Spain - more lady bits)
Nissan Moco (Spanish loose translation is "booger")
we could go on -- such fun
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Can't believe no one has mentioned the Gogomobile( got to say it with a Pommie accent ;D )...has to be up there with the worst of them...who could forget the add http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk6pO7eLeiM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk6pO7eLeiM)
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Ha ha Geee ohhh Geee Ohhhh
they are such ring ding little cars, so small, more like a ride-on with bodywork!
this one could befrom mary poppins - lamborghinimurchilargosuperleggara
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a lightburn zeta, odd name for a car........until you realize it's not the only thing around called a Zeta that is a small box - at least i aspire to get into one of them >:D
and i thought being able to carry a 44 gallon drum around in the boot was a good thing????
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Had is conversation witha Spanish speaking workmate a while back, (prior to me buying one, :D)
Pronouced PAHERO does in fact mean tosser/wanker Pronouced PAJERO is actually a bird.
also found this doing a Google search
This is what I found, if you use a capital it has no translation to wanker, but if you use lower case it does, also it's a cat not a bird ;D
Chinese girl draped over Pajero SUV For the curious, the Spanish word pajero means ‘wanker’, from paja meaning ‘wank’ (literally, ‘straw’), in the expression hacerse una paja, (literally ‘to do oneself a straw’). These slang expressions come from the fact that both a straw and the penis are similar in being pipe-like. It is the first meaning to come to mind to Spanish speakers in both Spain and the majority of Latin America.
Pajero has some non-rude agricultural meanings, referring to someone selling or transporting straw or (in the Canary Islands dialect) the barn where it is kept. These are the original meanings of the word, but not common these days. It is also an obscure nickname for people from Santo Domingo de la Calzada in La Rioja, presumably due to historical straw production in the village.
In the dialects of Nicaragua, Colombia and Guatemala, paja is used to mean ‘tap’ (i.e. the end of the ‘pipe’), and so, in Nicaragua at least, a pajero is a plumber, to the mirth of other Spanish-speakers.
Thumbnail of a Pampas cat snarling However, none of these rude or innocent meanings gave the vehicle its name. There is a feline, scientifically classified as Oncifelis colocolo, which is known in Spanish as the gato pajero (‘grass cat’) or gato de las pampas (‘Pampas cat’). It is similiar to the ocelot and hunts small animals in the reeds and grasslands of South America.
Baz.
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Kingswood.
Might have been easier to list good car names.
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Kingswood.
Might have been easier to list good car names.
you pajero
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Reliant Robin
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terrican or dunnycan whatever it is
hahaha
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TRD (Toyota Racing Development)
When I first saw it on a Camry I thought well there you go, you can polish a TRD ;D
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TRD (Toyota Racing Development)
When I first saw it on a Camry I thought well there you go, you can polish a TRD ;D
Rotfkml....!
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My sister drives a Honda HIV, er a HRV.
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Actually thinking of Hondas. What about the Legend. I mean It's a big call here In Australia to call your self a legend. But some how I think if Honda had have called it "Total Legend" i would be OK.
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Suzuki Jimny!! Why hasn't anyone mentioned Landrovers?
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Suzuki Jimny!! Why hasn't anyone mentioned Landrovers?
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Probably because it doesn,t fit into the thread definition.