~ odd word to use for a model name - L'escargot
According to my dictionary a liana is "a woody climbing usually tropical plant". Don't the people who choose model names consult dictionaries?

Edited by Pugugly on 28/07/2008 at 19:37

~ odd word to use for a model name - tyro
I recall reading that it stood for "Life in a new age" - which, on reflection, is probably even odder.
~ odd word to use for a model name - Baskerville
I recall reading that it stood for "Life in a new age" - which on
reflection is probably even odder.


It's marketing speak for "Car for old people". They wanted a word meaning "Money for old rope" but MINI was already taken.
~ odd word to use for a model name - Screwloose

Didn't Tarzan have one?
~ odd word to use for a model name - mss1tw
Don't the people who choose model names consult dictionaries?


They tried but the Range Rover 'Pointless' wasn't the big hit they expected.
odd word to use for a model name - CGNorwich
odd certainly but not as odd as Skoda's choice of Fabia which is latin for bean farmer. Octavia is pretty odd too as it means eighth. Eighth what?
odd word to use for a model name - Pugugly
I always assumed that Octavia was something to do with a Roman Emperor's wife.
odd word to use for a model name - Alby Back
Sailing dangerously close to recalling some of the better ones from "Up Pompeii" !!!
odd word to use for a model name - Alby Back
Come to think of it I'm going from a "World" to a mere "Sign". Bit of a comedown eh ?

Edited by Humph Backbridge on 28/07/2008 at 21:32

odd word to use for a model name - Screwloose

I'm saying nothing about the Mitsubishi Pajero......
odd word to use for a model name - jbif
Come to think of it I'm going from a "World" to a mere "Sign". Bit of a comedown eh ?


I wonder how many backroomers know what you meant?

I spy someone's previous name beginning with S?

odd word to use for a model name - Pugugly
If the General had had its way Humphus would have been drivig a Vectrum - which would have rhymed very closely with a anatomical part, and given Jeremy C a non-stop giggling fest.
odd word to use for a model name - doctorchris
Mondeo to Insignia?
odd word to use for a model name - jbif
always assumed that Octavia was something to do with a Roman Emperor's wife.


Skoda names - Fabia, Felicia, Octavia - are all Roman names.

odd word to use for a model name - Pugugly
Of course the Empress Roomster ! :-)
odd word to use for a model name - jbif
Of course the Empress Roomster ! :-)


Superb! ;-)

odd word to use for a model name - Alby Back
Superb! ;-)


Thassa Skoda too isn't it ? Somewhere along the way you get to "superbus" I suppose. Boris might be interested.

Oh and the other thing, you may well be right and there is a very uninteresting and boring reason. Shhh.

;-)

odd word to use for a model name - movilogo
What's in a name?

It's not possible for manufacturers to scan all languages for meaning of the word.

Hyundai has since adopted numbers instead of names eg. i10, i30, i80 etc.

odd word to use for a model name - Kevin
>Hyundai has since adopted numbers instead of names eg. i10, i30, i80 etc.

Oh dear.

Eyethirty in Owambo is very rude!

Kevin...
odd word to use for a model name - CGNorwich
Skoda names - Octavia, Felicia, Fabia

Skoda was founded by eight happy bean farmers hence the above names
~ odd word to use for a model name - Avant
It's a shame, although inevitable I suppose, that names have to be so international now. I can't help feeling nostalgic for the days when cars had names like Standard Vanguard, Triumph Renown, and Austin Cambridge - names that made you feel proud to be British.

I'll never forget the noble view from the driving seat down the bonnet to the flying-A mascot of my first car, a pre-Farina Austin A50 Cambridge. Yes, of course we've made progress since then, but not without the odd regret.
~ odd word to use for a model name - Pugugly
The day that BMW start using made up names is the day I hang up my car keys. Mind you the Italians seem to make even the most humble handle seem like the sexiest of word arrangements ever. Maserati Quadraporte= Maserati Fourdoor, I rest my case.
~ odd word to use for a model name - Lud
Quattroporte, yes, and seidicivalvole on the rear door of the 16v Fiat whateveritwas... longest chrome word I can think of, longer than Superleggera although not much...
~ odd word to use for a model name - CGNorwich
Mind you the Italians seem to make even the most humble handle seem like the sexiest of word arrangements ever.

Indeed would music by Giuseppe Verdi seem the same by his English name, Joe Green.


~ odd word to use for a model name - Alby Back
What's the shortest ? Ka perhaps ?
~ odd word to use for a model name - mss1tw
The 3 from Mazda!
~ odd word to use for a model name - CGNorwich
Found this list of the worst car names which are all genuine-I think I would rather like a Honda Life Dunk



Mazda Bongo Friendee
Nissan Cedric
Suzuki Mom's Personal Wagon
Subaru BRAT
Plymouth Scamp
Perodua Myvi ]
Proton Persona
Proton Savvy ]
Honda Life Dunk
Daihatsu Naked
~ odd word to use for a model name - jase1
What about the VW Touareg -- named after an African tribe that still endorses slavery. Or the Vauxhall Nova -- "it doesn't go" in Spanish. The Ford Escort as well -- fancy naming a car after a hooker.

Nice little nugget of useless info I dug up -- apparently in Israel Kia is pronounced "Kaya" because Kia sounds like the Hebrew word for vomit.

There's a Ukrainian manufacturer called "Doninvest". That ain't going to go down too well when they're trying to get capital from one of the big Western car companies is it?

Worse still, and I think this qualifies as the worst name ever, is the "Doninvest Assol" which was a CKD'd Daewoo Lanos.

Edited by jase1 on 29/07/2008 at 20:35

~ odd word to use for a model name - Pugugly
Perhaps a Welsh speaker will confirm this, Mrs P reckons that the Nissan Almera Tino is somewhat unfortunately named so for Welsh customers.
~ odd word to use for a model name - jase1
The Ssangyong Rodius doesn't do itself many favours either, with its name being changed to Odious, rather obviously. Car itself is hideous as well; shows what happens when you let a British designer loose on a car design these days!!
~ odd word to use for a model name - Bilboman
Two more to throw into the ring. Note to namewriters (if there is such a trade) - watch out for Spanish words in model names. A car market of 300 million plus speakers usually proves impenetrable to cars with names like these:

Daihatsu Laputa tinyurl.com/55t2b6
An island in Gulliver's travels, apparently. ("The wh*re" - rhymes with store)

Nissan Moco tinyurl.com/6oqjvg
Mmmm, lovely lurid colour, It's almost begging for the nickname "Greeny". Well, there's a thing, as Nissan decided to call this little baby "Snot"
~ odd word to use for a model name - Bilboman
Found a few more! (If anyone's still interested...)
Suzuki Afternoon Tea
Daihatsu Social Poze
Mazda Secret Hydeout (sic)
Mitsubishi Mini Active Urban Sandal
Mitsubishi Mum
Mitsubishi Lettuce
Mooku Mook The Tokyo Princess (retro take on the iconic Vanden Plas Princess!)
Daihatsu D-Bag
Daihatsu Naked
Daihatsu Rugger Field Sports Resin Top
Honda Life Dunk
Nissan Big Thumb
Isuzu Giga 20 Light Dump
Isuzu Mysterious Utility Wizard
Toyota Deliboy (was it yellow and three wheeled, by any chance?)
~ odd word to use for a model name - DavidHM
Toyota Deliboy (was it yellow and three wheeled, by any chance?)

Yellow yes, slightly up on the compliment of wheels though.

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