A few well-known car names have been used by multiple automakers. The reasons range from inspiration to coincidence, and sometimes a bit of both.

Navigating the automotive landscape and history books is often a test of memory, since there is such a wide array of brands, models, and variants of those same models. Then there are the abbreviations ...

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 ...

When it comes to model names, each manufacturer usually spends a lot of time and effort creating a unique and catchy name. However, in rare cases, different brands come up with the same name for very ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...