Talk Morgan Forums Community Vehicle Talk (non-Morgan) What's in a Name

I've been struck very recently by some of the model names that manufacturers are now using. OK, I accept that we've always had the occasional eccentricity:

eg Ford Edsel ( named after Henry's boy, of course) Colt Starion (all those jokes about Japanese pronunciation). Renault Vel Satis to name but a few, and we've also had the PR speak to accompany the reason for these names eg Mondeo because it is a 'World' car

However, are things now getting worse WE have the 'UP'. the 'ADAM' and ( my own personal favourite-not) the TOCA
- which I misread the first time I saw it as the TWOCA
Any to add?
Cheers
G

I had a Floride (Renault ) sounds like a tooth paste add . When they brought out the UPi . There was a hope they may approach me for writes to use my reg plate and a free VW for Jnr. I am waiting for the Eve to come out and think of the laughter if Adam is stuck into the back of Eve after a bump ( yes the bump does come after !!!! ) .

Could be worse.......
Adam and Adam rear ender?.......

Mitsubishi Pajero and Skoda Yeti come to mind.
Pajero in Spanish has very odd connotations. I'll leave that to you to Google.

Yeti (for the name not the car) would get my vote!

I think the Mitsubishi name was mainly for UK? It was called something else in RoW (or was it the other way around? ?

As for the Yeti - kind of understand that one - fair bit of room for large people together with good traction...

I think it was called the Shogun in spain.

One of my mates told me when I had my Mercedes Vito that vito is a similarly rude word in Finland.

The one that has me in stitches is the renault Wind. But I guess it's apt, as it looks like a farty little car.

[As for the Yeti - kind of understand that one - fair bit of room for large people together with good traction... [/quote]
+1. The name I can never understand is the Qashqai. Did a bunch of blokes honestly sit around in a boardroom agreeing that would be a good idea? I guess someone is now going to tell me its derivation and how apt it is...

That's it, Shogun here (and a few other markets) - should remember that, Sister's 4x4 was a LWB model - Pajero in USA and much of RoW...
Need more and port to go with tonight's cheese...