Automakers are reviving legendary names like the Eclipse, Puma, and Capri—but there’s a catch. Instead of sports cars, ...

Choosing the right name for a new model is definitely not an easy task. Some carmakers got it right by coming up with awesome names that became legendary, while others failed miserably. When the first ...

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 ...

Happy Halloween, everyone! To celebrate the spooky season car-nerd style, we made a list of our favorite car model names with the most holiday spirit. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. It’s ...

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 ...

Dim’s fascination with cars began when he was just six. Born into a family of car enthusiasts and racing drivers, he started learning basic mechanics and driving from an early age. While he loves ...

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 ...

Think about celebs with cool names, names completely in sync their personalities: Jay-Z, Kat Von D, Slash; they’re much more fitting than Shawn Corey Carter, Katherine Von Drachenberg and Saul ...

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 ...

Sometimes it’s tough to keep new cars straight with an ever expanding and evolving alphabet soup of names. Volvo is trying to keep it simple; the brand announced it’s streamlining the names of its ...

For the first time in the 64-year history of the award, a vehicle not powered by an internal combustion engine has been selected as the Motor Trend Car of the Year. This year’s winner is the 2013 ...

If there's one car brand with a great track record of evocative names, it's Lamborghini. Barring the 350 GT and 400 GT, Lamborghini's offerings have drawn from various aspects of life, from ...