The Carmudgeon Show

Automotive Toponyms — The Carmudgeon Show Jason Cammisa & ISSIMI's Derek — Ep 92

04.17.2023 - By Hagerty MediaPlay

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Lots of cars are named after a geographic location. Many cars are named after a place you'd never see them. We discuss them all.

In this episode of The Carmudgeon Show, Jason Cammisa and Derek Tam-Hyphen-Scott discuss cars named after places!

But first, an update on some of the boys' cars: Derek's R129 Mercedes 500SL finally has rebuilt hydraulic cylinders — and a functioning roof. Jason's W201 Mercedes 190E 2.3-16 has had a rearview mirror blowout. Jason decides he hates his Scirocco after working on the interior for a few hours — and then dropped it off at the body shop to have its frame measured for straightness because he still loves it. Derek's Citroën still doesn't run. Jason signed up for an autocross in his Lotus Elise SC and can't decide whether to run the Michelin Pilot Sport All-Season 3+ tires, or put the original Yokohamas back on.

But then - they got to the subject at hand: Cars named after places!

And we made a comprehensive list of every car named after a place. Over 100 of them! Here they are.

EVERY CAR NAMED AFTER A PLACE!

Alfa Romeo Milano

Alfa Romeo Montreal

Austin A40 Somerset

Austin Atlantic

Austin Cambridge

Austin Devon?

Austin Dorset?

Austin Montego

Austin Westminster

betntley Arnage

Bentley Brooklands

Bentley Continental

Bentley Mulsanne

Bugatti Atlantique

Buick LaCrosse

Buick Lucerne

Buick Park Avenue

Buick Rainier

Buick Riviera

Buick Verano

Cadillac Biarritz

Cadillac Calais

Cadillac Cimarron

Cadillac Seville

Chevrolet Bel Air

Chevrolet Biscayne

Chevrolet Cheyenne

Chevrolet Colorado

Chevrolet Corsica

Chevrolet Delray

Chevrolet Malibu

Chevrolet Montana

Chevrolet Monte Carlo

Chevrolet Monza

Chevrolet Silverado

Chevrolet Tahoe

Chrysler Aspen

Chrysler Cordoba

Chrysler Fifth Avenue

Chrysler New Yorker

Chrysler Newport

Chrysler Pacifica

Chrysler Saratoga

Chrysler Sebring

Colt Sapporo

Daewoo LeMans

Dodge Aspen

Dodge Charger Daytona

Dodge Dakota

Dodge Daytona

Dodge Durango

Dodge Monaco

Ferrari 360 Modena

Ferrari 458 Italia

Ferrari 550/575? Maranello

Ferrari California

Ferrari 330 America

Ferrari Fiorano 599

Ferrari Portofino

Ferrari Daytona

Ferrari Monza

Fiat 131 Mirafiori

Ford Capri

Ford Cortina

Ford Fairmont

Ford Grenada

Ford Taunus

Ford Torino

Ford Torino Talladega

GMC Yukon

GMC Denali

GMC Sonoma

Hyundai Santa Fe

Hyundai Tucson

Hyundai Tiburon

Hyundai Veracruz

Kia Borrego

Kia Telluride

Kia Rio

Kia Sedona

Kia Sorrento

Lancia Montecarlo

Lancia Aurelia,

Lancia Flavia

Lancia Fulvia

Lancia Flaminia

Lincon Versailles

Lincon Continenal

Lotus Cortina

Lotus Europa

Maserati Indy

Maserati Mexico

Maserati Sebring

Mazda Montrose

Mercedes Mannheim

Mercedes Nürburg

Mercedes Stuttgart

Mercury Milan

Mercury Montclair

Mercury Monterey

Morris Oxford

Nissan Murano

Packard Carribean

Plymouth Sundance

Plymouth THE WHOLE BRAND!

Pontiac Bonneville

Pontiac Catalina

Pontiac LeMans

Pontiac Montana

Pontiac Parisienne

Porsche Cayenne Capital of French Guiana

Renault Floride

Riley Monaco

Rolls-Royce Carmague

Rolls-Royce Picadilly

SEAT Ibiza

Seat Leon

Seat Marbella

Skoda Kodiaq

Subaru Baja

Subaru Outback

Subaru Tribeca

Toyota Avalon

Toyota Tacoma

Triumph Dolomite

Triumph Toledo

Vauxhall Belmont

Volvo Amazon

Yugo Florida

Outer Space:

GM's Saturn Brand

Mazda Cosmo

Lancia Stratos

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