Worst Car Name

[WylieCoyote]

I was driving to work last night behind a Toyota Picnic and I got thinking, what is/was the worst car name ever?

The two that sprang out at me were Toyota Picnic and Mitsubishi Carisma

Anyone got any more?

[javadude]

I've had a ride in a Carisma and it definitely had none.

[aaronabbott]

how about ford PROBE

izuzu BIGHORN

bedford RASCAL

ford KA

proton SAVVY

just a few off the top of my head

[sparkystav]

Vauxhall Nova,

Translated from Spanish "it does not go"

Stav

[sparkystav]

Or:

Mitsubishi named The Pajero. They found out in time that, in some Spanish-speaking countries, pajero is an agent noun meaning ‘w***er.

Rolls-Royce spread this model name: The Rolls Royce Mist. In German, Mist means ‘dung, manure, or pile of s**t.’

Stav

[Steve]

Daihatsu Naked;

Honda Life Dunk;

Honda That's;

Mazda Bongo;

Mitsubishi Delica Space Gear and Pistachio;

Nissan Fairlady Z and Prairie Joy;

Rickman Space Ranger;

Rinspeed X-Dream;

Suzuki Cappucino;

Toyota Deliboy and Toyopet;

Volkswagen Thing

Volugrafo Bimbo

[Noel]

I think " Golf" is fairly dumb....

subaru "justy" ... a 1.3lt and 4 wheel drive = fairly dumb too

[Chris.S]

Ford Freda or Mazda Bongo, both the same vehicle

[shake]

shoot me if you wish......

lexus is? now i dont mind the I S but when people call it the is (like in a sentence) its very wrong.

arronabbott said ford ka... i dont actually say ka, i always say K A (letters each) which isnt that bad.

[Noel]

what about that ugly french yoke, the "Kangoo" wtf ... lol

[shake]

The Rolls Royce Silver Shadow, when translated into Japanese, apparently has a colloquial meaning of "p!ssing in the wind."

i guess what they find normal we find weird and vise versa

[Noel]

shoot me if you wish......

lexus is? now i dont mind the I S but when people call it the is (like in a sentence) its very wrong.

arronabbott said ford ka... i dont actually say ka, i always say K A (letters each) which isnt that bad.

But your supposed to pronounce it as "Kaaa" not K and then A, if in doubt listen to the actual car adverts by the company selling it...

what about that new nissan yoke... Quash!t sorry Qashqai, now how the hell are you supposed to pronounce that...

[aztecbandit1]

How about a TaTa Gurkha youve got to be a TATA to buy one

[Mike_B]

But your supposed to pronounce it as "Kaaa" not K and then A, if in doubt listen to the actual car adverts by the company selling it...

That may vary depending where you are. My Dad works at a Ford dealership - and they all (ie the staff) refer to them as K-A's.

[shake]

Ford Perfect..... and you wonder why they dont make those anymore!

[WylieCoyote]

I never got the whole Golf thing either. Why not a VW Table Tennis or VW Bowling?

[TigerFish]

Renault Twingo, Diahatsu Applause, Proton Persona to name a few.

There was also the Matra-Simca Rancho, which I always used to get confused about as a kid and think they had named it after the bacon flavour snack Rancheros.

[garethr]

Ford Perfect..... and you wonder why they dont make those anymore!

Prefect :)

[garethr]

Lots of Japanese ones because they aren't allowed to give cars "aggressive" names.

The Nissan Cedric was always one of my (un) favourites.

[wildybeast]

WARTBURG. :

[Mark W]

skoda felicia

[Scarlet Pimpernell]

Skoda Superb - it's so good that they called it that...

Ford Anglia (why not Midlands?)

Datsun Sunny

Bond Bug

Super Snipe

Fiat Doblo

DAF33 (Sounds like "Daft 33")

And all the Toyota's that started with a C had daft names (Corona, Corolla, Carina, Cressida and even the Camry) but they were all good cars

PS - Toyota Crown - no guesses there then - it was the flagship model (it had a nice Pimp velour interior...).

[shake]

Toyota Crown^ i dont care how silly the name is, thats a beauty!

[Scarlet Pimpernell]

I was referring to the 1970/80' version, though the name is still a bit weak...luxury cars are normally known with numbers rather then names...

http://www.trans.rtaf.mi.th/Picture/Toyota...rown%201972.jpg

And this one was called the Toyota Crown Royal

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=h...l%3Den%26sa%3DN

[jason_l]

Come on people, has to be the VW Sharon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!