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BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Coolest Car Or Truck Model Name Ever?

Jul 22, 2013BangShift Question Of The Day??34

BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Coolest Car Or Truck Model Name Ever?

With cool names like Rocket, Spitfire, Mustang, Super Chief, El Camino, Cheetah, and Stingray, along with many many more, the ’50s and ’60’s car model names were all about image, power, and coolness. This made us question, What’s the coolest car or truck model name ever? Is it one of the iconic ’50s and ’60’s names? Or is it one from the ’70s like Heavy Chevy, Swinger, or Demon? When you really start to think about it, there are a lot of cool model names.

But we aren’t here to discuss all of them.

We’re here to determine which model name, regardless of make or country of origin, is the coolest?
You tell us.
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34 thoughts on “BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Coolest Car Or Truck Model Name Ever?”

  3. jerry z

    This is more of a dealership name but always like the Royal Bobcat GTO. Also Duster Twister.

  4. Anonymous

    Marauder (after the WWII Martin B-26 Marauder)

    Definition:To rove and raid in search of plunder; To raid or pillage for spoils.

  9. C1BAD66

    GMC’s “Gentleman Jim”? ‘Not really that manly, huh?

    Maybe Desoto’s “Adventurer”? I believe they had cool-lookin’ chrome helmeted Conquistador on the hood.

    Ah, that was so long ago…

  14. jaygryph

    My vote is on DeSoto’s FireDome

    It’s like thunderdome, but with hemi’s and fire.

    Or UltraVan, because supervan just wasn’t good enough.

  18. Aircooled

    “Fire” was used a lot, although I wonder about the wisdom of it.
    Starfire
    Jetfire
    Spitfire
    Firebird
    Firedome

  21. Whelk

    Unimog is just fun to say.

    Mercury Turnpike Cruiser is just so descriptive.

    I think though I’ll go with Barracuda. It sounds fast and aggressive.

  24. josh

    Ive been a volkswagen lover for years, and ive always like the name Scirocco, which means “hurricane force wind”

    1. Barn Engineering

      I’m a Chevy guy, too. However… it came out of the showrooms with an aura of something new, special, powerful, quick, something to be feared on the streets. Considered by aficionados to be the “first” muscle car, Pontiac did it with the simple name “GTO.”

  26. elkyguy

    i’d have to go with either GREMLIN,or (kaiser-frazier) DRAGON—- a mythical troll,or a mythical beast

  27. 3nine6

    Stingray or Sting Ray, depending on the model year. Also, at the time, Chrysler was considered very risqué in naming the Dart “Swinger”.

  28. Legion

    C’mon, it has to be the “Touring Bruce” by Subaru.

    or the

    Gravel Express also by Subaru.

    But really it has to be the Wildcat.

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