Car Name Ideas

[packardcaribien]

Please read this before posting


Hey guys, I wanted to make a thread so people could come up with fictional car names (Smith's are like Ford's, ect.) and come up with some cars they'd like in the game. Anything with question marks (???) doesn't have a name released yet so It is open for debate. I have pictures if that'll aid coming up with names, ask if you want one. I also have many Ideas myself but will let you guys go first

Names are listed like this:

Make ~ Fictional Make Name/???
Model ~ Fictional Model Name/???

or

Model ~ ??? (Idea)

*Remember, any names in parenthesis (like what i'm writing in now) are suggestions, feel free to add*


Confirmed Car Names
Real ~ Fictional

Buick ~ Berkley (Wright, Wilson?)
Skylark ~ Kingfish

Ford ~Smith (Earl, Bell, Bolt?)
Thunderbird ~ Thunderbolt

Hudson ~ Houston (Potomac, Delaware?)
Hornet ~ Wasp

Lincoln ~ Jefferson (Washington?)
Continental ~ Bennet

Cadillac ~ Lassiter
Series 60 Sedan ~ Series 69

Pontiac ~ Potomac (Cherokee?)
Cheiftan (Sedan) ~ Indian (Sedan)

Chevrolet ~ Shubert (Schubert?)
Bel-Air ~ Beverly
Corvette ~ Frigate

Ferrari ~ Dezilia
250 Europa GT ~ 410 Grand American

Mercury ~ Windsor (Venus, Hermes?)
Leadsled ~Quicksilver
(Also comes in Taxi Variant)


Unnamed Car Names
Real ~ Ideas

Cadillac Series 75 ~ Lassiter ???

Chevolet COE ~ Shubert ??? (Goliath?)

Chevolet Sedan Delivery ~ Shubert ??? (Courier?)

Chevrolet Master Sedan ~ Shubert ??? (Regent Sedan?)

Chevrolet Special ~ Shubert ??? (Premier?)

Chevrolet AK Series Model 100 ~ Shubert ??? (SG Series Model 9?)

Ford Mainline/Crown Victoria Sedan ~ Smith ???
(Also Comes in Police Variant)

Ford Customline Coupe ~ Smith ???

BMW ~ ??? (SAW [Saxon Automobile Works] ?)
507 ~ ??? (Bullet?)

Kenworth ~ ??? (Kingston?)
"Truck" ~ ??? (Rig?)

Austin Healey ~ ??? (Sterling, Reubnick?)
3000 ~ ??? (Mark IV, Lightning?)

GMC ~ ???
"Old Style" Series 12 Bus ~ ??? (Whale?)

Dodge ~ ??? (Paige?)
Custom Town Sedan ~ ??? (Standard 12, DeLuxe Country Commander)
(Also Comes in Police variant)

Willy's ~ ??? (Milly's, Pierce?)
Americar ~ ??? (Patriot, Brittanica?)

Suggested Cars

1957 Desoto Firedome ~ ??? (Coranado Flamesphere, Columbus Firepower?)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2554/3766413218_43b161b0e5.jpg
Suggestor: arbitrarymobster
(Similar models include Adventurer, Firesweep, Fireflite)

1956 Packard Caribbean ~ (Paxon Cayman, Picard Bahama)
http://www.automotivehistoryonline.com/1956%20packard%20carribean.jpg
Suggestor: (guess who?) packardcaribien
(Similar models include 400, Patrician, Executive)

1954 Oldsmobile ~ (Silverhare 96?)

[dinge]

Just an idea, but:
Kenworth ~ Kingston
"Truck" ~ Brig
Brig as in Big rig .

grtz

[HD Dime]

All the names are similiar to their real name eg.
Lincoln-Jefferson
Hornet-wasp
Thunderbird-Thunderbolt

[dinge]

For the Shubert series: have you considered something like Shubert SG9 or do you prefer real names for each model?

grtz

[packardcaribien]

Originally Posted by dinge

Just an idea, but:
Kenworth ~ Kingston
"Truck" ~ Brig
Brig as in Big rig .

grtz

Ha! Although I'm darn sure the real model isn't Truck, probably some number-letter combo.

Originally Posted by HD Dime

All the names are similiar to their real name eg.
Lincoln-Jefferson
Hornet-wasp
Thunderbird-Thunderbolt

Yes the names are very clever. Like Frigate and Corvette are both words for small battleships. Also Beverly Hills and Bel-Air are both Los Angelas neighborhoods. 2K are quite good with pun things like that.

Originally Posted by dinge

For the Shubert series: have you considered something like Shubert SG9 or do you prefer real names for each model?

grtz

I'm not exactly sure I get your meaning? Do you mean naming something the Shubert AK Series, because I don't exactly like mixing fiction with fact.

Anyway, I'll give an Idea: How about Paige for Dodge? I get that because I know someone named "Paige Dodge", not to mention it sounds cool!

[dinge]

Originally Posted by packardcaribien

Ha! Although I'm darn sure the real model isn't Truck, probably some number-letter combo.

...

I'm not exactly sure I get your meaning? Do you mean naming something the Shubert AK Series, because I don't exactly like mixing fiction with fact.

Anyway, I'll give an Idea: How about Paige for Dodge? I get that because I know someone named "Paige Dodge", not to mention it sounds cool!

Well it was a truck so therefor I figured the name.
...
I though you were looking for fictional names -- are you not? -- so I asked whether you're looking for fictional model names exclusively or whether you'd also like fictional number-letter combo. So AK series would become SG series (just as an example). I didn't mean to mix up reality and fiction...

Paige sounds good and it's kind of close to Dodge.

grtz

[packardcaribien]

Originally Posted by dinge

Well it was a truck so therefor I figured the name.
...
I though you were looking for fictional names -- are you not? -- so I asked whether you're looking for fictional model names exclusively or whether you'd also like fictional number-letter combo. So AK series would become SG series (just as an example). I didn't mean to mix up reality and fiction...

Paige sounds good and it's kind of close to Dodge.

grtz

No you kind of just confused me....Anyway, the SG series sounds good. I'll Add It as an Idea!

[Worthless Car]

Some of these car names (Potomac/Jefferson) have also been used in the old "Interstate '76/'82" computer games. Look it up on Wikipedia, perhaps it could give us some hints towards the other car names as well.

[packardcaribien]

Originally Posted by Worthless Car

Some of these car names (Potomac/Jefferson) have also been used in the old "Interstate '76/'82" computer games. Look it up on Wikipedia, perhaps it could give us some hints towards the other car names as well.

http://www.igcd.net/movie.php?id=420693&width=1024
http://www.igcd.net/movie.php?id=276222&width=1024

Yes, some of the names are similar. I do think that the ones that are can be came up with rather easy - Lincoln could be any presitdent, and GTA took Washington. But It did give me some name Ideas:

If there's a packard, It could be Picard, and the Ford sedan could Be a "Smith Colonial" and maybe the coupe could be the "Smith Victorian"

[I-ChooseTheImpossible]

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