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James. No particular reason.

My other cars never had names, but I love this one to pieces and it goes like the clappers.

My ebike is Gusteau (Gusto), or Gus.

The Nihilus. My gateway to anywhere.

Baby Shark. Because... it kinda looks like a shark? (Blue Mitsubishi Outlander Sport/ASX, depends on the country)

Black Dahlia - old Chevy s10 truck and I was a moody teen

Frank - old gold ford explorer that was a grumpy old man

Madame Red - Oldsmobile Ciera that was red

Ares - black ford explorer that was an old undercover police vehicle and a tank

Nessie - silver ford explorer. Full name Vanessa, V for short (5th car, Roman numeral 5)

Mysia - blue rav4. Absolutely loved this car. Got rear ended and totaled within 4 months.

Athena - Nissan rogue

Bonus: my husband’s cars

Barney - purple car but named for the how I met your mother character

Mozzie - named for the white collar character

Sylvie - named for the Loki character

I had an old Meriva I called her Marge. She was tall and blue. But my 2008 Lexus SUV … I can’t name it. Nothing sticks man. Occasionally I call it Lexy

My Truck is named Earle.

My wife’s car is name scarlet.

My jetski is named Blue Five.

frog car!!

it's the green one in the back

I theme the name based on the car. It could be the model, or it could be what it is known for.

I had a VW GTI named “Gertie”.

Currently I have a Subaru STI named “Satori”, and a Hyundai Ioniq 5 named “Electra”.

The Prius (he/him)

I've named mine except for my current one. None of the names have felt right. I have to fix a major problem with the soft top cover deck, so that may inspire me.

It's frustrating because it's a great car and it's fun to drive. Maybe we just haven't bonded fully yet.

I had Horsybird 1, Horsybird 2 and Dobby. My current one doesn't have a name.

Any name that seems to fit the character of the car. In hindsight, based on personifying the car's flaws.

One was a Saturn SL2 that had a leaky exhaust, sometimes hesitated to start, and the automatic transmission shifted aggressively. Oscar, because it seemed grouchy all the time.

Another was a manual transmission Volkswagen Passat 2.0 with a tiny turbo and some neat safety features that still worked, including automatically holding the brakes for a hill start to prevent rolling backward. Not particularly fast, but once it got going it just kept accelerating up through the gears, as if rising to a challenge. I named it Walter, it just seemed to fit.

My current car is a 2014 Ford Focus with the "bad" transmission. It needs to either go or stop, asking it to accelerate too slowly burns up the clutches in a hurry, thus the terrible reputation for the dual clutch automatic. The harder I accelerate, the better the gas milage, up until it starts spinning the tires.

Idk what to call this one.

My wife named her first SUV - a dinky Equinox - “pebbles”, purely because it was a light stone grey.

Her next SUV - a more beefy 4Runner that can actually hold the Gunner dog crate comfortably - is “snowflake”, purely because it was a pristine snow white.

I think I’m seeing a pattern here with my wife.

My mate had a crappy old van for his run around because it was the cheapest thing he could get his hands on, we called it the Red Enigma. My brother has a crappy old silver hatchback that was actually pretty fast and we called it the Silver Bullet.

So I guess, colour and whatever sounds right.

My current car is named the Goose, I had never named one before. No particular reason, but I got goose license plate holders and a goose with a knife sticker on the side of the mirror to embellish the ensemble. Still need a good goose to put in the back

Honda Pilot - Goose (top gun reference) Minivan - Vincent (van Go[gh]! pun) Motorcycle - Stormy (named after Odd Thomas character) First Car - Sexy (doctor who reference)

1970 Chevrolet Impala: Liberty (I bought it from a guy in Liberty, KY).

1997 Nissan 200SX SE-R: Dot (It was Pacific Blue)

2003 Acura TL: Sally (Generic name for a generic car)

2014 Camry LE: Pearl (It was Cosmic Mica Gray which gave the car a pearlescent sheen).

I currently have a 2019 Camry Hybrid XLE, but have yet to name it. I'm leaning toward "Betty", because the car has so many warnings, alarms, and notifications that I feel like I'm being bitched at when I drive it.

I have owned several cars over the years that I never named. My absolute favorite car I've ever owned was a 1985 Corolla GT-S that I raced in Pro Solo for a few years and it never received a name. The next car I owned was a 1992 Sentra SE-R and it never got a name either. Also had a 1969 Chevelle that I drag raced in my teen years, but no name there.

Not really but we occasionally refer to it as "Big Black" for obvious reasons.

1994 Civic - Jasmine, named for the taco bell employee that congratulated me immediately after buying it.

2003 Sebring - was just the garbage piece of shit because it was a garbage piece of shit

2014 Elantra - Diane, Diane Young played on FM radio during the test drive.

2010 Civic - just bought it after my previous car was totaled in a rear ending >:I bought it with the trash insurance payout and it's a lemon don't know if it will last long enough to get a name.

Lumpi, in German "Lumpen" means "rag" or "rags", its a 20 year old Dacia Sandero with 170.000 kilometers.

I didn't name all of them, but here are the ones:

• My small everyday car: Titine (see other comment about that)
• My camper van: Léon (In french "Léon le fourgon")
• My '78 spitfire: Rosie

LeBronze

I had a murdered G37s named Stella. Was a fun time in life. Happy not to have a car at all now.

Blue 2025 Subaru Forester = Beast

White 2015 Hyundai Sonata = Stormtrooper (also has a stormtrooper ornament hanging from the rear view mirror)

Yes, usually after the first letter of the rego plate. My current car, a 2020 Veloster is called Siggy.

I kinda wanna name my car, but nothing has inspired yet.

My cousin had a 1988 Dodge minivan with plastic covered seats and no AC. She called it "Big Ralf"

No real naming scheme, mostly just stupid names because they're funny, though a couple names have been roughly related to the car to which they belonged.

• Pobjoy
• Probably Jessie (yes, "probably" is part of the name)
• Probably Jenny
• My Boy Blue
• Winona
• Jules

My cars are usually named after old women, because I subconsciously relate older women with comfort and kindness. Gertie, and Mathilde.

xev yoyo in lime green.

I call her tinkerbell

My first car, my lovely Mazda 2. It was tiny but perfect for me. My friends called it a jellybean and that stuck until Bean just started being used. I loved that Bean so much.

But I just got a new car and a friend of mine said it looks like a shoe. So now I have Shoe! Which I think is funny

Normally no. However, I do own a 1968 Chrysler station wagon that I've taken to calling "the Duchess of Rustess". No, it doesn't even rhyme, but it does makes me smile.

My first car was named Sora Aoi which means sky blue. Don’t mind that it’s also the name of a popular Japanese porn star.

I also had a white Kia Soul that looked like a stormtrooper helmet so I was trying to pick a good reference name, but couldn’t decide on one.

My subaru is called “Subarashii”, because it’s excellent.

I name them based on their personalities.

59 beetle - Zippy 79 Bronco - bog 07 wrangler - Lt Dan

I've named all but one of my cars.

Spunky - 1986 Mazda RX-7 (Untitled) - 1997 VW Jetta The Dirty Hooker - 2001 Ford Escort ZX2 Heidi - 1998 BMW M3 Yuki - 2004 Subaru Impreza Outback

I have Heidi and Yuki currently. 🤷‍♂️

Volvo (V60CC) -> Swedish -> Viking

So it is called "Ragnar"