Perhaps they got interested in alliteration. In decreasing order of size, they offer these models: Pilot, Passport, Prologue.*
Some other name notes from Honda:
The minivan is the Odyssey, surely a description of traveling anywhere at all in the company of several children.
Their version of the testosterone truck (not a particularly excellent offering of same) is the Ridgeline, which describes approximately 0% of the terrain over or near which it will be driven.
The mini-est SUV is (was?) the RAV4, which always sounded vaguely berserkr but is in fact a tame little suburban vehicle.
And their more obviously sensible models are the Civic and Accord.
* How quaint that they didn't spell it Prolog, haha.
Oh, that's why I didn't see it. I was struck by the name because I was recently at an Ur-suburban dinner party where two (2) people were gushing about their new RAV4 hybrids.
So you don’t think they break down the sounds and meanings into chunks for an overall associations. Eg: “pro” = yes, affirming, up + “log” = record, document, substance. Assiciation: Optimistic groundedness.
Why, I wouldn't have one of them Hondas if you give it to me. I drive a manly Subaru Forester.
By the way, a friend of mine who went to Hong Kong told me the name "Black Giant" didn't refer to the car at all. Each vehicle came with a huge dildo in the glove compartment.
The Audi Avant is an extremely high-end station wagon (2024 model started at $126K).
My very unscientific impression is that carmakers choose names by the sound almost above all. By that standard, we should eventually see the Ves-TIGE, pronounced that way.
"That's"?? Oof. But if they wanted people to exclaim, "That's it!," they should have called the car "It." Then it would be "The 'It' Car," which might have been fun (assuming it was the 1970s). Sort of like the car called "The Thing."
This is so funny! Especially as I'm thinking about the prologue to my next book. Perhaps everyone who gets into that car will soon die tragically but in time will have a hit that comes to define the turning point of our nation. I love the anecdote about Toyota "amicably" "giving" Honda the name. As if. And no wonder! Who'd want it!
Perhaps they got interested in alliteration. In decreasing order of size, they offer these models: Pilot, Passport, Prologue.*
Some other name notes from Honda:
The minivan is the Odyssey, surely a description of traveling anywhere at all in the company of several children.
Their version of the testosterone truck (not a particularly excellent offering of same) is the Ridgeline, which describes approximately 0% of the terrain over or near which it will be driven.
The mini-est SUV is (was?) the RAV4, which always sounded vaguely berserkr but is in fact a tame little suburban vehicle.
And their more obviously sensible models are the Civic and Accord.
* How quaint that they didn't spell it Prolog, haha.
It never occurred to me how civilized Civic and Accord sound. I guess the current moment is better defined by discord and urban warfare.
Haha indeed.
Good points, although the RAV4 is a Toyota, not a Honda.
Oh, that's why I didn't see it. I was struck by the name because I was recently at an Ur-suburban dinner party where two (2) people were gushing about their new RAV4 hybrids.
So you don’t think they break down the sounds and meanings into chunks for an overall associations. Eg: “pro” = yes, affirming, up + “log” = record, document, substance. Assiciation: Optimistic groundedness.
It's possible!
Would you buy a Honda Prologue before or after your Toyota Previa? (I always saw that one as Latin for "ex-wife.")
Why, I wouldn't have one of them Hondas if you give it to me. I drive a manly Subaru Forester.
By the way, a friend of mine who went to Hong Kong told me the name "Black Giant" didn't refer to the car at all. Each vehicle came with a huge dildo in the glove compartment.
Hahaha
The Audi Avant is an extremely high-end station wagon (2024 model started at $126K).
My very unscientific impression is that carmakers choose names by the sound almost above all. By that standard, we should eventually see the Ves-TIGE, pronounced that way.
Ah, the Avant — an echo of the Studebaker Avanti. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studebaker_Avanti
I insist on calling it the Cadillac Esca-LAHD.
"That's"?? Oof. But if they wanted people to exclaim, "That's it!," they should have called the car "It." Then it would be "The 'It' Car," which might have been fun (assuming it was the 1970s). Sort of like the car called "The Thing."
The VW Thing! Originally a West German army thing.
Just West German? I thought it was inspired by the Kübelwagen — ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_K%C3%BCbelwagen
Ha! I like "tub-car"--thanks for the link!
This is so funny! Especially as I'm thinking about the prologue to my next book. Perhaps everyone who gets into that car will soon die tragically but in time will have a hit that comes to define the turning point of our nation. I love the anecdote about Toyota "amicably" "giving" Honda the name. As if. And no wonder! Who'd want it!
Speaking of discord (but not cars), maybe someone can explain why Discord was chosen as the name of an app that's meant to facilitate conversation.
What a fun entry!