There have been many silly and asinine car names over the years. Some that come to mind are the Renault Le Car, the AMC Gremlin, the Mercury Zephyr, and, well, the Hummer. I figured that these days, with all the millions of marketing dollars, market research and branding firms that charge more to make a Nike swoosh rip-off than 20 of me earn in a year, that they’d be better these days. Pulling out of my train station, I was sitting waiting to make a left and noticed the name of the car in front of me. Honda Fit. Seriously? What the fuck is that? Economy of letters for an economy car? Nope, I feel like they may have just mailed that one in. That led me to start looking around to see if I could find the dumbest car names of vehicles currently in production. Here are the top ones I found in no particular order of awfulness:
Ford Fiesta |
Toyota Yaris |
Volkswagen Tiguan |
Hyundai Accent |
Honda Fit |
Nissan Cube |
Suzuki Grand Vitara |
Mazda Tribute |
Mitsubishi Endeavor |
Kia Borrego |
Range Rover Evoque |
Suzuki Kizashi |