Dacia Duster - Is there a worse named car available?

skivenov

Sounds like the opposite of a conversation my mate had with a gentleman who was trying to buy parts for his Skoda Super Bee.

Three members of staff later they figured out it was a Superb.... never managed to convince the customer though!

art_for_arts_sake

skivenov wrote: »

Sounds like the opposite of a conversation my mate had with a gentleman who was trying to buy parts for his Skoda Super Bee.

Three members of staff later they figured out it was a Superb.... never managed to convince the customer though!

Wonder if it was an umbrella? https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4190167=

NBLondon

skivenov wrote: »

Funnily enough, the Mercedes was named after his daughter who was called Mercedes

Not Benz's daughter but daughter of the dealer who commissioned the first one of that model - one Emil Jellinek.

Bring on the MG Cecil (not related to the Nissan Cedric).

There's a Mazda Bongo just down the road from me - presumably a grey import - and a Nissan Pao.

Were Kia deliberately trying to cultivate this with the cee'd or did they just hire idiots for their marketing people?

londonTiger

Buellguy wrote: »

The Vauxhall Adam.... Possibly even worse is the Adam Jam, the Adam Glam or the Adam Slam

could be worse

vauxhall steve
vauxhall david

van you imagine a guy called david driving a vauxhall steve, "just taking the ol' steve out for a drive luv"

Artaxerxes

GolfBravo wrote: »

Like Porsche would name their latest model Porsche Ferdinand. Or how about the latest Mercedes Karl? Or Kia Kyungsung Precision Industry Chaebol? A VW Adolf anyone?

How about a 'Lotus Colin'?

Lum

NBLondon wrote: »

There's a Mazda Bongo just down the road from me - presumably a grey import - and a Nissan Pao.

Now that's a rare car. They only made a few thousand of them. That's the one that looks a bit like Lada isn't it?

It's basically the same as the Figaro, which is to say it's really a re-shelled Nissan Micra.

I mention this because Nissan Dealers charge a fortune for Pao and Figaro parts, then make you wait while they are imported from Japan, but if it's something like brakes you can just use Micra ones.

art_for_arts_sake

I wonder if Mazda Bongo owners read bongo mags...

...and Honda Jazz owners read jazz mags???

Lum

And if the owners club for the latter is called Jazz club

...nice!

NBLondon

Lum wrote: »

Now that's a rare car. They only made a few thousand of them. That's the one that looks a bit like Lada isn't it?

It's basically the same as the Figaro, which is to say it's really a re-shelled Nissan Micra.

Yep - the first time I saw it I assumed it was something from behind the iron curtain, especially in grey.
The S-Cargo is more fun - looks like an update of the 2CV panel van on the same Micra mechanicals - hence the punny name. Only ever seen one of those - parked up in Islington years back.

Lum

The S-Cargo is an awesome name. The van looks like a snail, and it's a small cargo van.

Most of them in the UK these days are used for advertising vehicles, it seems.