The meaning behind car model names.

11 Mar 2016

Lamborghini Sesto Elemento

The word ‘Sesto Elemento’ means ‘The sixth element’. The reason this car was given this name is because the car is almost fully covered in carbon fibre, and the sixth element in the periodic table is Carbon.

Ferrari Enzo

The Ferrari got it’s name from the founder of the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team, Enzo Anselmo Ferrari.

Ferrari 458

The Ferrari 458 got it’s name is because of the engine - A 4.5 V8

Chevrolet Camaro

Chevrolet were actually going to name the Camaro the ‘Panther’ and they made it to compete against the Ford Mustang, however Chevrolet wanted their car name to begin with a ‘C’, so then the name ‘Camaro’ was given to Chevrolet’s car.

Comments

inpreza has a meaning? supra maybe not, vut skyline has to have one, beta too

I don’t think Impreza has a meaning, and Skyline I don’t know about

Impreza might be a play on impresser

Supra means superior

Impreza is party in Polish (100% correct, no need to change anything), but Im not sure that was it.

Supra is Latin for “above” FYI.

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According to Chevrolet Camaro means “mustang killer”

Well according to me, Chavy Camaro means “Mustang food.”

All of them are kinda obvious

So where did Camaro mean? Was it just some random bundle of words?

Some original Camaro team member was quoted saying a Camaro is “a small vicious animal that eats Mustangs.” Other sources say it means some vulgar or unsavory things in various languages such as French and Spanish, but it is basically just for the sound of it I think.