Stupid trim level names

How about the Kia Sportage Titan? Assume Sportage is some cunning way of telling people their rubbish SUV is sporty?

Hyundai Accent Atlantic
 
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Escapade
Plus / Graduate / Time / Independence
Look / + / 2
Inca
Key West
Mardi Gras
Ski
Key Largo
Slalom
Si Aztec
Rolland Garros
Extra Time
 
Bongo Friendee

What the hell does Friendee mean?

I always liked the sound of the MX-5 Glen Eagles.
 
A few more gems:

Rover trying to make the 100 (Metro) classy

Rover Metro Ascot
Rover Metro Knightsbridge (I seem to remember an advert for this with a blonde bimbo driving round London with two Police motorcycle riders checking the car (her) out)

Rover Metro Tahiti

Ford Escort (mk4) Biscayne

Vauxhall Cavalier Envoy & Diplomat (ironically at different ends of the trim level spectrum)
 
[TW]Fox;13364876 said:
Why do some manufacturers insist on such utterly ridiculous trim level names? This is going to seem like an Anti Vauxhall rant but its not, honest, its just that unfortunately they are the worst. I mean things like...

Ford Fiesta 1.25 STYLE
Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 ENJOY
Vauxhall Meriva 1.4 ENVOY
Vauxhall Vectra 1.8 LIFE
Fiat Punto 1.2 SPORTING
Nissan Primera INSPIRATION
Seat Alhambra ECOMOTIVE
Renault Clio 1.2 EXTREME
Ford Mondeo 1.8 EDGE
VW Golf MATCH

I mean seriously, who thinks up these stupid names and why? What the heck is a Corsa Enjoy anyway?

You don't get people like Merc, Audi doing this, do you? Well with the possible exception of the absolutely patheticaly named 'Audi A3 Sportback Sport' obviously.

Mercedes E320 Enjoy? Nope. Audi A6 3.0 TDI ECONETIC? Nope. Just simple, professional and descriptive sounding trim levels.

What gives?

Bentley Continental GT Life... perhaps not ;)

I'm not so much talking about special editions more actual normal trim levels.
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I hear they are looking into the BMW 530i Ditchfinder :p

I always felt the copious use of silly names is to define how poor you were. The GTI / RS / ST / Sport etc usually defining the top of the range for companies that have these naming conventions and anything below just equals increasing grades of poverty and fail.

Buying a fiesta = Poor, buying a fiesta style = Proper Poor.

Vauxhall Vectra Life = Sales rep who can’t sell or a company with low turnover.

Vauxhall Corsa SXI = 17 yr old who wanted the Sri.

Vauxhall Corsa 1.0 Life = ‘Would you like fries with that………...’
 
Tesla said:
Bongo Friendee

What the hell does Friendee mean?
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If you're going to include cars aimed for the Japanese market then this thread is going to get a lot sillier.

I'll start with the Mazda Bongo Brawny Van, oh and don't forget the "Exceed" and "Super Exceed" variants of the Mitsubishi Pajero. I wouldn't mind knowing what a Nissan Cefiro "25SSE M Selection" is either.

Edit and 'Friendee' just means it's the SG platform (1995 - 1998) Bongo. There's also a "Mazda Bongo Friendee Auto Free Top" variant which has the thingy on the roof that you can push up to provide an upstairs bedroom.

I quite like the VW Golf ones though.. Golf Match... Golf Club... Golf Driver. Someone in Germany actually has a sense of humour.
 
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Ahh, Jap cars. My next door neighbour used to have a really old imported Carina which had a sticker on the back beside the badge saying something along the lines of "Super freedom emotion" or some crap like that. I'm not sure if it was a trim level.
 
Scuzi said:
Ahh, Jap cars. My next door neighbour used to have a really old imported Carina which had a sticker on the back beside the badge saying something along the lines of "Super freedom emotion" or some crap like that. I'm not sure if it was a trim level.
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Sounds more like one of the Toyota slogans
 
Haha - Fiat Punto 1.2 sporting - always makes me laugh.

the 'Sporting' models with low powered engines but suggestively sporty trim and wheels would appeal, and the name is perfectly descriptive in my view
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They could have called it Fiat Punto 1.2 Illusion then......

Or a Fiat Punto 1.2 Chav
 
Ah yes... One of my old cars was a fiesta flight....
Why flight?
Maybe it was because it was like riding on a cushion of air..... Not at all
Or better yet it took off once it hit 88MPH... Oh wait it couldn't go that fast unless it was down hill.

Maybe it was because the interior was comfy... No, it looked like a rather fat child who had just eaten the all day breakfast decided to barf all over it and the designer used that image to create the pattern on the fabric...

The list goes on and on...

But at least I could feel happy in the fact that I could tell my mates my flight had only just arrived when I was late :p

Bloody silly names...
 
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