Bad Car/Bike names thread

[Rollo]

http://www.cars-directory.net/galler...ongo_friendee/

I can't believe no one has mentioned the Mazda Bongo Friendee van.

[Easy Drifter]

Then there was the Datsun (Nissan) Fair Lady.

[Mark in Oshawa]

Hey...we had a Canadian version of a Mercury called the "Montcalm". The gent they named after was an inept French General who lost Quebec for good for the French so the Quebecois thought the name was a loser, and people in English Canada wouldn't want to buy a car named after a French loser....

Typical of Detroit trying to find a way to make cars for the Canadian market a little more "Canadian"....but the Montcalm just didn't work.

That said, Canada specific models are a thing of the past now....sadly too...

[Koz]

Fairlady... Bloody useless name for such a magnificent car(s).

[Sonic]

Hyundai Pony!

Seriously. A car named after an equine should bring images of rampant horses in full gallop, like Mustang and (....er....well do you really need another example??) Not some 8 year old girl being led round a paddock on a rope on an miserable, asthmatic riding school pony.

[maxu05]

Perhaps car makers around the world could name their models according to popular names in the counrty of sale.
Example.
UK = Charles 2.o VVTi or Edward TDi
Aus = Davo 3.0 or Johnno 4.2 V8i
Mex = Pablo CDi
China = Li 1.6 Ti
etc,etc.
Could be fun, lol.

[donKey jote]

Mitsubushi Pajero

It´s called Montero in Spain, but they should have kept the original name to describe most of their owners ailor:

[inimitablestoo]

...and the Shogun in the UK, which isn't a bad name... but was chosen because of a TV programme of the time, apparently

[eppursimuove]

Nissan Qashqai

I cant even say it let alone know what it means

[eppursimuove]

Hahahahaha just reading the gremlin add up there:

"with 128 bhp engine goes from 0-60 in 15.3 seconds"

Seriously? That was a selling point? That 'small' car must have weighed about 5 ton, 128BHP isn't too bad a figure so you would expect a small car with that power to maybe do it in 10 seconds! I know little Nova's did!