Top 10 Worst Car Names
#43
Yeah that one we're used to now, but when they came out in 1999 I remember wondering what was up with that. I guess they were trying for some kind of play on words with "escalate", like as in "escalate your lifestyle"....er sumthin ....at least Navigator makes sense for that kind of vehicle. Lincoln fails with Aviator, though - I'm sorry, I test drove one, it was not able to take flight
"Fairlane" was the name of Henry Ford's estate I believe.
"Fairlane" was the name of Henry Ford's estate I believe.
#44
Isuzu Axiom....saw one today and thought of this thread....axiom is defined as: "A principle that is accepted as true without proof."
....seems like an odd name for an SUV....
....seems like an odd name for an SUV....
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Here's Toyota's JDM names
I couldn't pick the 10 worst out of this, and this is just Toyota. Others are available upon request or embarrassment (depending on which Japanese brand you think is immune to this insanity:
ALLEX ALLION ALPHARD ALPHARD G
ALPHARD HYBRID ALPHARD V ALTEZZA ALTEZZA GITA
ARISTO AURIS AVALON AVENSIS SEDAN
AVEVSIS WAGON
B
BELTA BLADE BLIZZARD BREVIS
bB
C
CALDINA CALDINA VAN CAMI CAMROAD
CAMRY CAMRY GRACIA CAMRY GRACIA SEDAN
CAMRY GRACIA STATIONWAGON
CARINA CARINA ED CARINA VAN CAVALIER
CELICA CELICA XX CELSIOR CENTURY
CHASER COASTER COASTER BIG VAN COASTER R
COMFORT COROLLA COROLLA AXIO COROLLA CERES
COROLLA FIELDER COROLLA II COROLLA LEVIN
COROLLA RUMION COROLLA RUNX COROLLA SPACIO
COROLLA TOURING WAGON COROLLA VAN
COROLLA WAGON CORONA CORONA EXIV CORONA PREMIO
CORONA VAN CORSA CRESTA CROWN
CROWN COMFORT CROWN ESTATE CROWN HYBRID CROWN MAJESTA
CROWN SEDAN CROWN STATIONWAGON CROWN VAN CURREN
CYNOS
D
DELIBOY DUET DYNA ROUTE VAN DYNA TRUCK
DYNA URBAN SUPPORTER
E
ESTIMA ESTIMA EMINA ESTIMA HYBRID ESTIMA L
ESTIMA LUCIDA ESTIMA T
F
FUNCARGO
G
GAIA GRAND HIACE GRANVIA
H
HARRIER HARRIER HYBRID HIACE COMMUTER HIACE REGIUS
HIACE TRUCK HIACE VAN HIACE WAGON HILUX
HILUX PICK UP HILUX SPORTS PICK UP HILUX SURF
I
IPSUM IQ ISIS IST
K
KLUGER HYBRID KLUGER L KLUGER V
L
LAND CRUISER LAND CRUISER 40 LAND CRUISER 55
LAND CRUISER 60 LAND CRUISER 70 LAND CRUISER 80 LAND CRUISER PRADO LITEACE NOAH LITEACE TRUCK LITEACE VAN LITEACE WAGON
M
MARK II MARK X MARK X ZIO MARKII BLIT
MARKII QUALIS MARKII VAN MARKII WAGON MASTER ACE SURF
MEGA CRUISER MR-S MR2
N
NADIA NOAH
O
OPA ORIGIN
P
PASSO PASSO SETTE PLATZ PORTE
PREMIO PRIUS PROBOX VAN PROBOX WAGON
PROGRES PRONARD PUBLICA PUBLICA PICKUP
Q
QUICK DELIVERY
R
RACTIS RAUM RAV4 RAV4J
RAV4L REGIUS REGIUS ACE COMMUTER REGIUS ACE VAN
REGIUS VAN RUSH
S
SAI SCEPTER COUPE SCEPTER STATIONWAGON SERA
SIENTA SOARER SPARKY SPORTS 800
SPRINTER SPRINTER CARIB SPRINTER MARINO SPRINTER TRUENO
SPRINTER VAN SPRINTER WAGON STARLET STOUT
SUCCEED VAN SUCCEED WAGON SUPRA
T
TERCEL TOURING HIACE TOWNACE NOAH TOWNACE TRUCK
TOWNACE VAN TOWNACE WAGON TOYOACE TOYOACE ROUTE VAN
TOYOACE URBAN SUPPORTER TOYOTA CLASSIC TOYOTA OTHER
V
VANGUARD VELLFIRE VEROSSA VISTA
VISTA ARDEO VITZ VOLTZ VOXY
W
WILL CYPHA WILL VI WILL VS WINDOM
WISH
Now my head hurts...
ALLEX ALLION ALPHARD ALPHARD G
ALPHARD HYBRID ALPHARD V ALTEZZA ALTEZZA GITA
ARISTO AURIS AVALON AVENSIS SEDAN
AVEVSIS WAGON
B
BELTA BLADE BLIZZARD BREVIS
bB
C
CALDINA CALDINA VAN CAMI CAMROAD
CAMRY CAMRY GRACIA CAMRY GRACIA SEDAN
CAMRY GRACIA STATIONWAGON
CARINA CARINA ED CARINA VAN CAVALIER
CELICA CELICA XX CELSIOR CENTURY
CHASER COASTER COASTER BIG VAN COASTER R
COMFORT COROLLA COROLLA AXIO COROLLA CERES
COROLLA FIELDER COROLLA II COROLLA LEVIN
COROLLA RUMION COROLLA RUNX COROLLA SPACIO
COROLLA TOURING WAGON COROLLA VAN
COROLLA WAGON CORONA CORONA EXIV CORONA PREMIO
CORONA VAN CORSA CRESTA CROWN
CROWN COMFORT CROWN ESTATE CROWN HYBRID CROWN MAJESTA
CROWN SEDAN CROWN STATIONWAGON CROWN VAN CURREN
CYNOS
D
DELIBOY DUET DYNA ROUTE VAN DYNA TRUCK
DYNA URBAN SUPPORTER
E
ESTIMA ESTIMA EMINA ESTIMA HYBRID ESTIMA L
ESTIMA LUCIDA ESTIMA T
F
FUNCARGO
G
GAIA GRAND HIACE GRANVIA
H
HARRIER HARRIER HYBRID HIACE COMMUTER HIACE REGIUS
HIACE TRUCK HIACE VAN HIACE WAGON HILUX
HILUX PICK UP HILUX SPORTS PICK UP HILUX SURF
I
IPSUM IQ ISIS IST
K
KLUGER HYBRID KLUGER L KLUGER V
L
LAND CRUISER LAND CRUISER 40 LAND CRUISER 55
LAND CRUISER 60 LAND CRUISER 70 LAND CRUISER 80 LAND CRUISER PRADO LITEACE NOAH LITEACE TRUCK LITEACE VAN LITEACE WAGON
M
MARK II MARK X MARK X ZIO MARKII BLIT
MARKII QUALIS MARKII VAN MARKII WAGON MASTER ACE SURF
MEGA CRUISER MR-S MR2
N
NADIA NOAH
O
OPA ORIGIN
P
PASSO PASSO SETTE PLATZ PORTE
PREMIO PRIUS PROBOX VAN PROBOX WAGON
PROGRES PRONARD PUBLICA PUBLICA PICKUP
Q
QUICK DELIVERY
R
RACTIS RAUM RAV4 RAV4J
RAV4L REGIUS REGIUS ACE COMMUTER REGIUS ACE VAN
REGIUS VAN RUSH
S
SAI SCEPTER COUPE SCEPTER STATIONWAGON SERA
SIENTA SOARER SPARKY SPORTS 800
SPRINTER SPRINTER CARIB SPRINTER MARINO SPRINTER TRUENO
SPRINTER VAN SPRINTER WAGON STARLET STOUT
SUCCEED VAN SUCCEED WAGON SUPRA
T
TERCEL TOURING HIACE TOWNACE NOAH TOWNACE TRUCK
TOWNACE VAN TOWNACE WAGON TOYOACE TOYOACE ROUTE VAN
TOYOACE URBAN SUPPORTER TOYOTA CLASSIC TOYOTA OTHER
V
VANGUARD VELLFIRE VEROSSA VISTA
VISTA ARDEO VITZ VOLTZ VOXY
W
WILL CYPHA WILL VI WILL VS WINDOM
WISH
Now my head hurts...
#51
Combo of "diamond" and Cadillac's "Elegante" maybe?? Someone thought it sounded good I guess. I had one in the 90's and it was a really nice car, and even though I didn't keep mine long enough to find out, seems they were well built, too, because a guy at work had one he bought brand new in '92 and drove it daily up until last year when he bought a new Tundra Limited. That's a loooong time to stay committed to one vehicle...
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VW has some bad ones: Phaeton, Touareg, and Passat isn't all that great either.
That new Suzuki Sedan, Kizashi?
And one I'm partial too: MERKUR XR4Ti - What was Ford thinking?
That new Suzuki Sedan, Kizashi?
And one I'm partial too: MERKUR XR4Ti - What was Ford thinking?
#56
AMC Gremlin: Who needs gremlins in their car
GM Impact: Really? What's next the Chrysler Collision, final name of EV1 only slightly better.
Mercury Merkur: the proper German pronunciation: "mare-coor" huh?
Ford Pinto: I know a Pinto is a pony, but it's also a BEAN
GM Impact: Really? What's next the Chrysler Collision, final name of EV1 only slightly better.
Mercury Merkur: the proper German pronunciation: "mare-coor" huh?
Ford Pinto: I know a Pinto is a pony, but it's also a BEAN
#57
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lmao! my dad had one of these from before I was born until i was about 2 or 3. I have a vague memory of no tape deck, and it was brown on brown .... this was the last american car my father ever owned, and he blames it completely on that piece of crap's unreliability...
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And what the hell was Cadillac thinking with rebadging the above "Citation", adding leather, and calling it a Cimmaron?
would have been a better name.
would have been a better name.
#59
The Cimarron was based on a Cavalier sedan, but with all the changes (V6, suspension upgrades, etc.) it ended up effectively a leather-lined "4 door Z/24".
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Buick LaCrosse: I wonder if they ever sold one to a lacrosse player.
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Nova in Spanish, of course, means doesn't run. That's a great name for a car!
And the Toyota MR2 in French sounds like merde (M aiR-Deux) which means shit. Not such a hot name.
"Look I just bought a new Toyota Shit!"
LaCrosse in French Canadian sounds like the slang for blow job.
And the Toyota MR2 in French sounds like merde (M aiR-Deux) which means shit. Not such a hot name.
"Look I just bought a new Toyota Shit!"
LaCrosse in French Canadian sounds like the slang for blow job.
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I like Subaru BRAT, too. They should have brought back the name for the Baja.
(Brat cannot be too bad of work--I just read that Bratz dolls have sold to the tune of $2 billion).
(Brat cannot be too bad of work--I just read that Bratz dolls have sold to the tune of $2 billion).
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For bad names, well, Subaru has a car named Pleo. What the f!@# is Pleo? Drive in traffic here and all of the Engrish on the backs of the cars would kill you.
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Thanks. I'm not up on the GM bodies from the 80's. Most of those were F for F'ed bodies due to rust. But I think the J body was the Buick GN/Pontiac Grand Prix/Olds Cutlass/Chevy Monte Carlo. Whatever those were, they were good cars.
For bad names, well, Subaru has a car named Pleo. What the f!@# is Pleo? Drive in traffic here and all of the Engrish on the backs of the cars would kill you.
For bad names, well, Subaru has a car named Pleo. What the f!@# is Pleo? Drive in traffic here and all of the Engrish on the backs of the cars would kill you.
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