We all love car names, but they’re not always honest. Sometimes a car is given a name that the machine does not accurately reflect. Or sometimes cars are given a name that’s completely opposed to the vehicle that wears the badge. It would almost be cruel, if it weren’t so funny. We asked readers to tell us what they believe are the cars with the most misleading names.
Readers highlighted many cars from the malaise era through the 1990s, aughts, and up until today’s age of EVs — as in the case of the Porsche Taycan Turbo, which eliminates the forced induction components its name suggests would be under the hood.
Readers also pointed out that the Ford Aspire nameplate could be considered honest — depending on your point of view, or if the poor hatch “aspired” to be any other car. That’s an apt observation. Anyway, here are the cars readers say have the most misleading names:
