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Top 10 Cars With Best Names
A name is an identity generally used to distinguish one from another. Similar is the case with car names. Most of the names of cars have meaning and sometime, even portray the car.
Car manufacturers have always tried to connect something with the car names that will help add more meaning to life. Naming a car is very important as it helps in knowing the car better. So, in most cases the car manufacturer will name the car that is relevant. Though there are exceptional cases, generally the best car names are the ones that have been around for some time and are popular even if the production is stopped. Some of the famous car names have been mentioned below.
Car manufacturers have always tried to connect something with the car names that will help add more meaning to life. Naming a car is very important as it helps in knowing the car better. So, in most cases the car manufacturer will name the car that is relevant. Though there are exceptional cases, generally the best car names are the ones that have been around for some time and are popular even if the production is stopped. Some of the famous car names have been mentioned below.
1. Ford Mustang (1964-Present)
The Ford Mustang has indeed got the best name in the world till date. The name is taken from the title of a book The Mustangs by J. Frank Dobie. The book was a gift from his wife to the market research manager, Robert J. Eggert. Another story says that executive stylist John Najjar, who was a fan of the World War II P-51 Mustang fighter plane, suggested the name.
Whatever it, the name has captivated people, and that’s what matters. The original pony car is still unarguably the best, as is its name.
Whatever it, the name has captivated people, and that’s what matters. The original pony car is still unarguably the best, as is its name.
2. Lamborghini Countach (1974-1990)
Lamborghini cars have been bearing names associated with bulls or inspired by bullfighting. But Countach happened to be a sudden break away from tradition. The name is an Italian exclamation for something beautiful, striking and drop dead gorgeous. It was that very interjection at the sight of an early example that led to one of the best car names. For those unfamiliar with Italian colloquialisms, it also became one of the most mispronounced car names.
3. Dodge Swinger (1969-1976)
The Swinger is one of the best Dodge car names. Moreover, the Dodge Swinger was one of the division's best cars.
4. Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud (1955-1966)
Some times, car manufacturers have tried their best in giving their car models a calm and soothing name that appeases the senses. Rolls-Royce is one of those few successful car makers that could give a very serene name to its model. The Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud comes with a very peaceful as well as picturesque name. Moreover, the name of the car also defines luxury and opulence.
5. Porsche Carrera (1956-Present)
Carrera means race in Spanish. As the name says, the car is fast. The Porsche Carrera has one of the best names and also one of the most enduring. The name is sounds musical to please the ears.
6. Ferrari Testarossa (1984-1996)
“Testarossa” is an Italian word that means "red head". The car is christened as Testarossa because of the red color painted on the cam covers. However, tradition and the beauty of the language make this one of the best car names out there. Besides, exotic performance will always be associated with the Ferrari Testarossa.
7. Dodge Viper (1992-Present)
The name Viper says that the car is fast and we construe an image in our mind of something fast and untamed. The Dodge Viper is an impressive car and is worthy of its place as one of the best car names. The car was known as Copperhead in prototype form before adopting its production name, the reptilian references were just a nod to the look of the car's front end.
8. Shelby American Cobra (1962-1967)
Carroll Shelby said the Cobra name came to him in a dream. Regardless of the moment of inspiration, the application makes Cobra one of the best car names. Here, we are talking about the original AC Cobra. Ford has liberally used the name on various Mustangs since the '60s, but they're a far cry from the curvaceous yet venomous roadsters that spelled trouble for Corvette owners of the era.
9. Chevrolet Corvette (1953-Present)
Some have shrugged this off as an imaginary name that just sounds cool and nothing more, but it's a real term for a small warship. Not so far out of place, when you think about it. Harley Earl may have designed it and Zora Arkus-Duntov later refined it, but it was GM employee Myron Scott who christened the two-seat fiberglass curiosity. Over half a century later, it's more or less impossible to think Chevrolet Corvette without thinking speed. That's indeed a sign of one of the best car names.
10. Bugatti Veyron (2006-Present)
‘Bu-ga-ti’ sounds magical. The Bugatti Veyron derives its name from Pierre Veyron who raced for the original Bugatti company and won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1939. Bugatti Veyron is the most expensive car of the world and the second fastest car on earth at present.
