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Tue 18 Sep 2007 15:18
Cars named after places - Round The Bend
Overtaken by a Seat Cordoba the other day and started musing on cars named after places.
Immediate ones that come to mind are:

Fords Capri, Cortina (and I suppose, the Anglia).
Morris Oxford
Austin Cambridge
Anything by Bristol or Lincoln

Must be many more but can't think of any recent examples ones since the Cordoba - perhaps all the good ones have gone?


PS: Not sure if we've covered this before - apols if we have
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 15:26
Cars named after places - local yokel
Ford Escort Mexico
Granada
Seat Ibiza
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 15:33
Cars named after places - ForumNeedsModerating
There's a place in N.Wales called SSangyongRexton11se , anyway I think that's how you pronounce it.
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 15:28
Cars named after places - Sim-O
Also obviously, Ford Grenada, but no recent ones.
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 15:29
Cars named after places - Lud
Pontiac, although a Native American tribe I think, may well have a place named after it that predates the car. Chrysler New Yorker squeezes in perhaps. And Plymouth of course.
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 15:36
Cars named after places - Lud
Triumph Dolomite (mountain range). Tatra (mountains). Perhaps Sunbeam Alpine stretching it a bit... There was a Frazer-Nash model called the Monaco I seem to remember.
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 19:40
Cars named after places - Phil I
>>There was a Frazer-Nash model called the Monaco I seem to remember.

Memory a fickle Jade Lud. Twas a Riley 9 variant carried the name.V.popular with the sporting fraternity.
Early 30's

Happy Motoring Phil I
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 23:35
Cars named after places - Lud
This one was earlyish fifties. Probably only two or three made.
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 15:37
Cars named after places - runboy
All SEAT's surely?

Ibiza
Marbella
Toledo
Leon
Altea
Arosa
Alhambra
Cordoba

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Tue 18 Sep 2007 15:42
Cars named after places - Sim-O
Chevrolet Bel Air
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 15:44
Cars named after places - Collos25
Austin,
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 15:46
Cars named after places - Collos25
morris oxford,morris cowley,austin somerset,austin westminster,the list is endless.
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 15:48
Cars named after places - SpamCan61 {P}
Vx monterey
Vx Firenza ( nearly Florence )
Maserati Milton Keynes
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 15:51
Cars named after places - Lud
Healey Silverstone.
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 16:15
Cars named after places - NARU
Vauxhall (named after the part of London where the factory was)
Bedford
Ford Orion (Star system)
Sierra (mountains)
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 16:19
Cars named after places - Round The Bend
Jowett Bradford
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 16:33
Cars named after places - normd2
Toyota Colorado
BMW
Lamborghini Sedgwick
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 16:34
Cars named after places - Mapmaker
Kashgai (or Quashgai or however they choose to spell it).
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 16:37
Cars named after places - bell boy
escort.........
.but all the charges were dropped,i was indeed looking for a street named desire when i asked the scantilly clad lady for directions....guv
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 16:45
Cars named after places - Lou_O
Holden Monaro
Ford Longreach
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 16:50
Cars named after places - Group B
Chevy Monte Carlo,
Austin Montego (Bay),
Pontiac (and Triumph) Bonneville,
Cadillac Fleetwood (after Fleetwood in Lancashire?),
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 16:55
Cars named after places - Steve Pearce
Montego (Bay)
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 16:59
Cars named after places - Lud
At least two cars named after Le Mans (Pontiac and Frazer Nash among others).
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 17:02
Cars named after places - klystron
Mazda Montrose
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 17:05
Cars named after places - Lud
I bet the Mini wasn't the only ever Mayfair...
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 17:13
Cars named after places - local yokel
Jowett Jupiter
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 17:21
Cars named after places - George Porge
Montego?
Devon
Somerset

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Tue 18 Sep 2007 17:43
Cars named after places - boxsterboy
Chrysler/Talbot Horizon.

It's one of those hard-to-get-to places!
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 17:43
Cars named after places - local yokel
Not forgetting the Ford Kent family of engines
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 17:46
Cars named after places - local yokel
Daimler Dart (must have been named after the river, not the pub game?)
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 17:56
Cars named after places - normd2
and the Essex and Cologne
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 17:57
Cars named after places - jc2
And Essex- and Dorset and Dover(OK they were lorry engines).
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 18:56
Cars named after places - Dulwich Estate
Audi A2, A3, A4, A5, A6...........

BMW M3, M5............
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 18:59
Cars named after places - spikeyhead {p}
Aston Martin, the Aston part named after a hill used for hillclimbing
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 19:06
Cars named after places - Dulwich Estate
Vauxhall Wyvern ??
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 19:50
Cars named after places - spikeyhead {p}
Vauxhall Wyvern ??


A Wyvern is the type of dragon as seen on the Vauxhall logo. There's a Wyvern Tavern pub not far from the old Vauxhall factory in Luton, but I suspect that the car was named after the dragon rather than the slightly dodgy* boozer.

*I've never been a fan of this place since the very attractive lass I was dating when I was 18 dumped me in there, just because I still had a terrible hangover from the night before!
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Sat 22 Sep 2007 22:45
Cars named after places - papyrus
Audi A2 A3 A4 A5 A6...........


A2/3/4 Named after ex LNER pacific loco classes.

A3 (Flying Scotsman)

A4 (Mallard)

Poetry in motion.

Saab Talledega (Alabama).
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Tue 25 Sep 2007 17:58
Cars named after places - Tornadorot
SNIPQUOTE!!
A3 (Flying Scotsman)
A4 (Mallard)


You mean they weren't named after paper sizes? :-)

Actually A4 was the official designation for Hitler's V-2 missile. Was slightly surprised at the time that Audi decided to use that...

And the TT was indeed indirectly named after the race, via the somewhat slower NSU TT of the 1960s.
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 19:40
Cars named after places - mfarrow
Not forgetting the Ford Kent family of engines


Nor the Valencia!

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Wed 19 Sep 2007 11:48
Cars named after places - L'escargot
Jowett Bradford


Wasn't that a van, not a car?
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 19:12
Cars named after places - Clk Sec
Simca Elysee

Clk Sec
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 19:17
Cars named after places - PhilW
Lanchester
Yugo!
Lancia Monte Carlo

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Tue 18 Sep 2007 19:23
Cars named after places - Pugugly {P}
BMW Paris-Dakar (GS). (who says there is no imagination in Munich)
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 19:40
Cars named after places - Nsar
My Lottery win fantasy - Alfa Romeo Montreal
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 19:42
Cars named after places - Pugugly {P}
Panther Rio, Lima etc.
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 19:47
Cars named after places - PhilW
Bentley Corniche and Mulsanne
Ford Mexico
Lotus Europa
Rolls Royce Carmargue

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Tue 18 Sep 2007 19:57
Cars named after places - PhilW
Hyundai Santa Fe and Tucson
I like this game but how many people can you find who are named after a car -
I'll start with Austin Healey (Tigers, England and Lions)
(and don't give me Maurice Colclough)
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 20:05
Cars named after places - Clk Sec
Lou Rolls (Singer)

Clk Sec
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 20:07
Cars named after places - PhilW
Lou Rawls??
Aren't Lou Rolls something different??
Good effort though!
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 20:20
Cars named after places - Clk Sec
I didn't think anyone would notice!

Clk Sec
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Tue 18 Sep 2007 20:44
Cars named after places - Pugugly {P}
We did - and nearly consigned the whole lot to the Silly Thread.
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Wed 19 Sep 2007 09:43
Cars named after places - Phil I
>>who are named after a car -

Jensen Button - Was born at Frome Victoria Hospital. Button Snr. asked for a name, looked out of the window and saw a smart Interceptor in the car park.

I hope the lad gets a better car next season.

Happy Motoring Phil I

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Wed 19 Sep 2007 11:52
Cars named after places - L'escargot
Jensen Button


Jensen Interceptor, but Jenson Button.
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Wed 19 Sep 2007 19:52
Cars named after places - PhilW
"Jensen Button - Was born at Frome Victoria Hospital. Button Snr. asked for a name, looked out of the window and saw a smart Interceptor in the car park."

Thank goodness it wasn't a Bongo Friendee.
Though come to think of it, I once new someone called Friendee Sin

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Tue 18 Sep 2007 20:00
Cars named after places - oilrag
Stilo.........

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stilo

I always thought it was an own goal by Fiat, attempting to emulate the `Pride`..( whgo made that?)

Turns out its a real place and not a grim attempt at `stylish`.... wonder how many sales that cost?

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Tue 18 Sep 2007 21:58
Cars named after places - gmac
BMW name their cars after the Moscow projects they will end up outside
5 towers by 30 floors, 3 towers by 20 floors etc...
Mercedes name theirs after artificial food ingredients E220, E240, E320 etc...
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Wed 19 Sep 2007 08:44
Cars named after places - Round The Bend
Further additions:

Austin A70 Hampshire
Opel Monza
Lancia Aprilia !
Lancia Appia
Ferrari 365 California

and the very exotic Ford Thames.
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Wed 19 Sep 2007 09:14
Cars named after places - Old Steve
Porsche Cayman

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Wed 19 Sep 2007 09:38
Cars named after places - Cliff Pope
Volvo Torslanda
Bedford
Hispano-Suiza


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Wed 19 Sep 2007 10:13
Cars named after places - pmh
Nash Metropolitan

# Nash, Buckinghamshire, England
# Nash, Herefordshire, England
# Nash, Bromley, London Borough
# Nash, Newport, Wales
# Nash, Telford and Wrekin, former village in Shropshire, England
# Nash, South Shropshire, England


Holden Calais

Opel Manta
Manta is a mid-sized city in Manabí Province, Ecuador


Austin Princess
Princess, AB, Canada

Mitsubishi Magna
Magna, UT, USA


How sad, I must have better things to do with my time!
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Wed 19 Sep 2007 10:24
Cars named after places - pendulum
Pavarotti born in Modena. Ferrari 360 Modena.

"Modena: An ancient town, it is the seat of an archbishop, but is now best known as "the capital of engines", since the factories of the famous Italian sports car makers Ferrari, Bugatti, De Tomaso, Lamborghini, Pagani and Maserati are located there, and all, except Lamborghini, have headquarters in the city or nearby. Additionally, Lamborghini is headquartered not far away in a small village in the adjacent Province of Bologna."
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Wed 19 Sep 2007 13:38
Cars named after places - Clk Sec
Two more Austin's.....

A70 Hereford and A90 Atlantic
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Wed 19 Sep 2007 15:25
Cars named after places - Group B
Austin 7 Ulster

- was that a nickname or an official factory name?
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Wed 19 Sep 2007 15:33
Cars named after places - Lud
Don't know Rich 9-3, but now you mention it there's an Ulster Aston Martin too.
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Wed 19 Sep 2007 16:35
Cars named after places - billy25
Citroen Berlin-go?
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Thu 20 Sep 2007 00:29
Cars named after places - ukbeefy
Renault 21 Nevada (the 21 Savannah in the UK)

Nissan Prairie (quite big)

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Thu 20 Sep 2007 11:23
Cars named after places - Mapmaker
(Cloaca) Maxi(ma)
Min(n)i(sota)
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Thu 20 Sep 2007 11:35
Cars named after places - Waino
Can anyone think of a car NOT named after a place? ;-)
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Thu 20 Sep 2007 12:14
Cars named after places - Zippy123
Is the Audi TT named after a race?

Is my Audi A4 named after a road?

What about the BMW M3!

Was the Rover 200 was named after its life span in hours?

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Thu 20 Sep 2007 12:26
Cars named after places - Mapmaker
Audi TimbukTu?
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Fri 21 Sep 2007 11:14
Cars named after places - Round The Bend
More obscure .......

Crossley Buxton
Crossley Torquay
Pictures: tinyurl.com/3yk3v4

Interesting to see that Tickford were doing conversions as far back as the early 1930's

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Sat 22 Sep 2007 22:58
Cars named after places - billy25
How about that futuristic car in the film "Total Recall", mentioned repeatedly by "Howser's" computer image that tells Quaid to "get his Aston Mars"
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Sun 23 Sep 2007 00:23
Cars named after places - malteser
Lada NIVA (Russian river)
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Roger. (Costa del Sol, España)
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Sun 23 Sep 2007 09:45
Cars named after places - Clk Sec
Hillman California(n)

Similar to the Minx but with a wrap-around rear window.
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Sun 23 Sep 2007 09:56
Cars named after places - GroovyMucker
I drive an old Bangor.




Sorry.
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Sun 23 Sep 2007 14:23
Cars named after places - craig-pd130
As an old issue of Viz magazine had it, Ford should continue its policy of naming cars after "top shelf" magazines.

After the Escort and Fiesta, I wonder how many S-Maxs and Focuses would be sold if they were called "Razzle" or "Reader's Wives Special" ;-)
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Sun 23 Sep 2007 15:05
Cars named after places - milkyjoe
jam sandwich (police car) earl of sandwich ...must be a place
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Sun 23 Sep 2007 18:19
Cars named after places - installer
The Humber car.

Named after a river, somewhere up north I think!
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Sun 23 Sep 2007 20:41
Cars named after places - henry k
Lagonda -named after a river
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Sun 23 Sep 2007 20:56
Cars named after places - Armitage Shanks {p}
Metros had Kensington and Knightsbridge - or did they?
Jowett Jupiter
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Sun 23 Sep 2007 21:09
Cars named after places - Pugugly {P}
oh and Mini Mayfair.
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Sun 23 Sep 2007 23:30
Cars named after places - DrS
Bristol Blenheim named after not one, but two places.
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Sun 23 Sep 2007 23:31
Cars named after places - DrS
And every BMW named after Bavaria
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Sun 23 Sep 2007 23:33
Cars named after places - DrS
And SAABs after Sweden, and FIATs after Turin?
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Mon 24 Sep 2007 22:13
Cars named after places - scott1s
Extending this to racing drivers then . . . . .
How about STIRLING Moss
Johnny DUMFRIES
AYR toon Centre

I'll get me coat . . . . . . . . . .
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Mon 24 Sep 2007 22:23
Cars named after places - bell boy
paddy ormskirk then
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Mon 24 Sep 2007 22:44
Cars named after places - Pugugly {P}
Silly Thread beckons.
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Tue 25 Sep 2007 19:45
Cars named after places - RaineMan
Hope I have not missed these scanning through posts. Caterham cars, Leyland trunks and Ural motorcycles.
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Sat 29 Sep 2007 22:17
Cars named after places - Armitage Shanks {p}
The Californinan was nothing to do with the Minx - I was a coupe version of the Imp, if I remember correctly.
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Sat 29 Sep 2007 22:21
Cars named after places - Armitage Shanks {p}
I grovel abjectly! We are both right. Here is a link to the Imp Californian tinyurl.com/36o9up
but there was also a minx californian - for full details google for images of Hillman Californian. I should get out more!
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Sun 30 Sep 2007 00:08
Cars named after places - Lud
The Californinan was nothing to do with the Minx


Actually you're wrong AS.

It was a Minx for, er, minxes. A mere cosmetic variant though.

Friend of mine at school's mother had one. One of the eight schools I went to through no fault of my own, and to my great long-term advantage whatever people may think....
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Sun 30 Sep 2007 00:15
Cars named after places - bell boy
i helped move a california from a lock up in hull, a nice car they were ,loved the back windows,unfortunately the chap who was getting this project died this year so his immaculate car that he got this one for parts for is now languishing in deepest cumbria till his brother decides its fate,if it wasnt for the fact that im cured on old cars and rust chasing i would seriously bid him on it
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Sun 30 Sep 2007 00:24
Cars named after places - Lud
So there really was an Imp Californian?


How naff can you get. Still, passed my driving test in an Imp. Still can't imagine how it happened in that ghastly little motor. I suppose it was so difficult to drive slowly and smoothly that it must have seemed a challenge. Of course I'd been driving semi-legally for years fortunately without serious trouble, but naturally it was very difficult to discipline myself down to go slowly and po-facedly enough to pass the test...

Some people would sentimentally add 'Happy days!' at this point, but to me the whole thing was a thundering nuisance.
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Sun 30 Sep 2007 00:32
Cars named after places - bell boy
i was thinking this one tinyurl.com/25mace so i must have missed something :-(
i hate imps,dammed garbage............:-)
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Wed 26 Sep 2007 13:43
Cars named after places - Singer-G
Wartburg, named after Warburg Castle near Eisenach in Germany, where they were built.
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Wed 26 Sep 2007 18:41
Cars named after places - Round The Bend
Getting towards the bottom ot the barrel now ......

Lamborghini Jarama - river (and circuit) north of Madrid.
De Tomaso Longchamp
Bond Bug - there is a Bug in Kentucky (although I doubt they had this in mind when naming the car!)

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Sat 29 Sep 2007 14:32
Cars named after places - papyrus
Cars named after (faraway) places.

These took some time to arrive.

Ford Galaxy
Ford Mercury
Saturn (GM ?)
Jowett Jupiter
Nissan Sun(ny)
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Sat 29 Sep 2007 14:57
Cars named after places - jc2
Monterey( Ford mercury)
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Sat 29 Sep 2007 22:10
Cars named after places - Nickdm
Late to this thread. Can't believe no-one's mentioned the Kia Rio?!
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Sat 29 Sep 2007 22:40
Cars named after places - Tomo
Or the Ferrari Daytona!
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Sat 29 Sep 2007 23:23
Cars named after places - henry k
or the VW Derby

Chevrolet Malibu
Chevrolet Sebring
Lincoln Versailles
Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo
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Sun 30 Sep 2007 00:11
Cars named after places - Lud
or the VW Derby

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Actually in that particular case is isn't a place but a hat, and it is pronounced 'durby'.

blinking gringos.
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Sun 30 Sep 2007 00:19
Cars named after places - bell boy
the derby ,the car that let you down at the last fence
they always had carb problems
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Sun 30 Sep 2007 00:41
Cars named after places - Lud
Yes of course that was the minx one bb...
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Sun 30 Sep 2007 00:42
Cars named after places - Lud
Yes of course that was the minx one bb...


I am referring to the link above with a pic of the Minx Californian, not something else whatever it was...
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