I’m nominating the Chevy Bolt. Bolt? Really? That’s the best the folks at Chevy could come up with?

I’ll drink to that @GeorgeSanJose!

Got the Turbo, the NA would had probably been fine but the Turbo was better. This is my first Turbo and still getting used to finding the sweet spot for the RPM’s.

The Lectric Leopard, from Renault. [image]

From a business standpoint, the worst name for any car is one that consumers cannot remember. Presently, the Infiniti brand is burdened with the “everything is a Q” model scheme and even automotive writers don’t know the names of the cars. Cadillac is second, selling two cars on the same lot called …

[image] gorehamj: Caddy’s newest concept vehicle (a low-slung sedan) was named Escala. Which are the first six letters of the current name of its largest SUV. Perhaps there will be a manufacturer-supplied trailer for it like the Prowler had. They could call the trailer the “de.”

Well if Edsel is a bad name, what the hey does Chevrolet mean? Or Oldsmobile? Pontiac? They were all people’s names. Even Ford. Now Ford might make a little more sense back then like ford a stream or something. (This is not a serious response by the by.)

Devo… Guess the car name? Now whip it Into shape Shape it up Get straight Go forward Move ahead Try to detect it It’s not too late To whip it Into shape Shape it up Get straight Go forward Move ahead Try to detect it It’s not too late To whip it Whip it good! I say whip it W…

I can’t remember how to do those little smiley faced things but are you OK?

Some discussion in these parts recently of the Hillman Minx . Hillman I presume is somebody’s name, but Minx? Doesn’t “minx” mean a promiscuous or especially flirtatious young woman? Seems an odd name for a car. But it is still better than “Bolt” :wink:

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RandomTroll April 20, 2017, 10:03pm 74

I see we did this 8 years ago, in The worst car names ever? No one’s mentioned Edsel yet, which probably was the worst car name for its namesake ever.

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