Car names and shapes

30 Jan 2012

Hi all,
Can I call on your collective knowledge and experience to help with this question?
Can anyone think of a car model name from any manufacturer in any period of time where the body shape directly resembles the model name of the car?
Looking back over the UK names such as Escort,Cavalier,Avenger? or more up-market such as Spitfire, Interceptor etc...not one of these conveyed the shape of the car only the image that it was going to help you portray.
After a lot of thought the only one that I can think of is the Opel Manta A of which I had a 1972 model. The smooth flowing lines with a 'Manta' badge on the side (to me) certainly resembled the sea creature very closely.
Any suggestions would be very welcome.
Cheers
Smooth1

30 Jan 2012

The Bond Bug.

30 Jan 2012

Ford Anglia
Volkswagen beetle smile

30 Jan 2012

The Rumpler Tropfenwagen!!
And erm .... the Mini?!

30 Jan 2012

Erm... Bullnose Morris?

30 Jan 2012

Hi Mike,
I'm not sure if the 'Bullnose' was a nickname that it acquired. I believe that the car was a Morris Cowley. Good suggestion though.
Smooth1

31 Jan 2012

we never quite got the hang of naming a car to make it more saleable
take the Americans firebird,barracuda, ,cobra,mustang,crossfire the list goes on
we got Morris ital,triumph acclaim,toledo,rover sterling,austin allegro,maxi and metro. is it no wonder our car industry failed :doh:
the likes of Aston martin made the vanquish and rolls Royce's silver ghost did show some vision