#10 Volkswagen Tiguan (1 of 10)
Perhaps the most well known gibberish car name on the market today, the Volkswagen Tiguan got its meaningless name from a marketing promotion. German publication giant Auto Bild allowed readers of its various magazines and websites to vote on the CUV's new name, and Tiguan, which is a combination of the German words Tiger ("tiger") and Leguan ("iguana"), won. Other names in the running were Namib, Rockton, Samun and Nanuk, which all sound equally gibberish to us.
28/10/08
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Marc (11/01/08 @ 12:37PM)
Top on the list ought to be the European name for the Nissan Rogue SUV: Qashqai - what kind of name is that? .....
Jerky (11/01/08 @ 06:18PM)
Not a gibberish word, just funny - the name for the Mitsubishi Montero in other countries was "Pajero". Hope they didn't use that name in any Spanish-speaking countries, as it's slang for "man who masturbates". Too funny!
chloe (11/01/08 @ 06:28PM)
I think Nissan Altima should be on the worst car name list.
DianePrange (11/20/08 @ 02:29PM)
The Xterra name has been quite successful for Nissan. X has masculine connotations and implies high technology. There is strong sound symbolism with the word extra which implies unexpected consumer benefits.