Bikes, cars and trucks named for (special) places

[coreytrevor]

That doesn't seem possible.

 

Why didn't I think of Sertao? 

[docc]

XR7-XR4Ti-V70-328i-XJ-JKU/S-E36/7 . . .

 

No wonder I can't find my way around!

[gstallons]

Mercury , Merkur , Volvo , BMW . Jeep or Jaguar ( if I know you , it's the Jeep ) , another Jeep ? & IDK about the last vehicle . E36/7 ? 

[docc]

Wow! Extra credit on that alpha-numeric translation.

 

E36/7 is BMW's production designation for the Z3 based "roadster."

 

Sadly, I can't find a single place name in my vehicle history, so had to resort to histrionics. 

[gstallons]

Hmmmmm.

[Scud]

While splitting lanes to LAX today, I saw a Subaru Outback, Hyundai Santa Fe, Kia Sedona... lots of SUVs named for special places. But Ford names them for the journey, not the destination: Expedition, Explorer, Escape...

 

Adding to my earlier post about adventure bike names, there is the Cagiva Gran Canyon (I'm assuming they left the "d" off Grand for style-points)

[docc]

Does "Tourist Trophy" count as a place? Or is that an event?

[footgoose]

that your GB Docc? Nic's V7? Sweet

 

'event'

[docc]

that your GB Docc? Nic's V7? Sweet

 

'event'

Heh: yeah, they look "related" . . .

 

Closest I can get to a "place name" in my vehicle history? Honda Pacific Coast.   

[footgoose]

and GB is for Great Britain so.... a place and event in one name!

[coreytrevor]

 

Closest I can get to a "place name" in my vehicle history? Honda Pacific Coast. 

 

 

AKA the world's biggest scooter!

[footgoose]

Bonneville America.

[guzzigary]

Ducatis : Laguna Seca , Montjuich.

[docc]

Honda Pacific Coast PC800

 

 

 

 

Closest I can get to a "place name" in my vehicle history? Honda Pacific Coast. 

 

 

AKA the world's biggest scooter!

 

Apparently, this is an qualified opinion . . .  

[coreytrevor]

Never owned one, but worked on and ridden quite a few. They always struck me as a giant scooter but with manual shifting. Good bike, just very appliance-like.