32 car names of which you are the origin didn’t know

Posted on 01-05-2014 at 13:53 by bart_m – 31 Comments”

This American boy, explains to us clearly.

Vroegah was a brand name isn’t actually that important. There was no marketing as we know it today. A product just had to be good, then sold you there is a lot of (where is the time remained).

But well, a name come up that it was there then also. See below the origin of 10 remarkable car names, the most for me were unknown until now. In the video you can see all 32 names.

Aston Martin
The British sportwagenmerk has two founders: Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford. One and one is two, you would think, but that is not the case here. The addition of ‘Aston’ comes from the English place Aston Clinton, where Lionel Martin racing reed.

Toyota
The founder of Toyota is called Kiichiro Toyoda. Why then Toyota as a brand name? In the Japanese culture, the number 8 for good luck. Toyota with a t, you write in Japanese with 8 characters, Toyoda.

Camaro
In the 60’s claimed to Chevrolet that the name Camaro in the French ‘comrade’ meant. That turned out not to be so. Later, a spokesperson from Chevrolet at a press conference the following meaning to the Camaro: A small vicious animal that eats Mustangs”

Prius
The name Prius in Latin means something like ‘prior to’. A term referring to the foresight of hybrid-success had to emphasize.

Corvette
Murcia’s most well-known muscle is named for a warship.

Jeep
We do not know for sure where the name Jeep comes from. It is claimed that it is a corruption of the letters G. P. is. An abbreviation for General Purpose.

Audi
August Horch was around 1900, from his own company ‘Horch’ kicked. He left it there, however, and began a car company. The similarity with his surname and the German word for ‘hear’, gave him the inspiration for ‘Audi’, which in Latin refers to ‘listening’.

Volvo
Named after the Latin for ‘I roll’. Montreux!

Alfa Romeo
Alfa is an acronym for Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili. The name Romeo was added later when the company was taken by Nicola Romeo.

Cadillac
The pride of Detroit is named after the founder of the same city. Hold on tight: Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac.