7 Great Cars With Rubbish Names

1. Ferrari LaFerrari

The Scuderia Ferrari F1 team has a habit of coming out with rubbish names for its racing cars, and you have to wonder if this has influenced whoever thought of calling the road car outfit’s latest hypercar The Ferrari. This isn’t only crushingly lame, it also presents numerous problems for those of us that write about cars. Do you call it the Ferrari LaFerrari, or drop the manufacturer name and go for LaFerrari on its own?

2. Ferrari F12berlinetta

The name of this mad 730bhp V12 machine would be fine, if Ferrari hadn’t decided to format it in such an irritating way. Why the lack of space? Why the lower-case ‘b’?

3. McLaren MP4-12C

It may not look like a particularly long name, but just trying saying ‘MP4 dash 12C’ out loud. Bit of a mouthful, no? It’s also an excessively geeky name for a supercar. No wonder McLaren eventually began to insist it be known as simply ‘12C’ instead.

4. Subaru Levorg

With a practical estate body, all-wheel drive and a 296bhp 2.0-litre Boxer engine, this car has a lot going for it, but it’s lumbered with a dreadful name. According to Subaru, the Levorg name is an amalgamation of three words: LEgacy, reVOlution, touRinG. Could they not have picked out some different letters to make something a little better?

5. Subaru WRX STI

STI stands for Subaru Tecnica International. It also stands for something that involves an embarrassing trip to the doctor…

6. Gumpert Apollo

Here’s a top tip for you: if you have a name like Roland Gumpert, don’t christen your startup supercar company with your surname. Particularly if it’s an already unfortunate looking thing like the V8-powered Apollo.

7. Pagani Huayra

The Pagani Zonda is an awesome car, with a name that is easy to pronounce. The car that replaced it? Less so. If you understand the International Phonetic Alphabet, it’s ˈwai̯ra. TIL…

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