A few well-known car names have been used by multiple automakers. The reasons range from inspiration to coincidence, and ...

The 1960s and '70s were golden decades for automotive creativity, and nowhere was this more evident than in the wild, wonderful world of car naming. While today's vehicles often get alphanumeric ...

American carmakers were slow to catch on to the power of a great model name to market a car and create a legacy. The Ford Model T changed the world, but it got its name from the fact that Henry Ford ...

If you're an automaker with some serious prestige behind your name, such as Mercedes-Benz, it makes sense to give your cars alphanumeric names. Whether or not a name like "GLS580" makes any sense or ...

During the 1960s and 1970s, muscle cars were successful with the young car-buying demographic, not just with power and style, but also with cool model names. For the first few decades after cars ...

A new study found that while most car owners like their cars, four in 10 have gone so far as to declare love to their vehicle. In the survey of 2,000 U.S. car owners, 90% said they feel a fondness for ...

The last decade has seen the resurrection of many car model names. And as I’m sure you’ve noticed, the new vehicles often look nothing like their namesake predecessors. Some are more egregious than ...