OK So Torchinsky Found All The Cars Named After Animals

"FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com" (alphaass) 01/07/2018 at 10:42 • Filed to: PLANT CARS, QOTD

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BUT WHAT ABOUT THE CARS NAMED AFTER PLANTS? Don’t forget the plants! Anyway, here’s what I came up with. I feel like I must have missed something. What other cars are named after plants or parts of plants, Oppo?

Nissan Leaf (obvious)

Lotus (OK so the whole marque is a flower) Evora (here’s the fun part - Evora means yew tree in Celtic)

Toyota Corolla (all of the petals of a flower together are called a corolla)

Toyota Sequoia (a very large tree found in the western US)

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 01/07/2018 at 10:49

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Ford Crocus

VW Lupine

AM General Mum-vee

EL_ULY > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 01/07/2018 at 10:53

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Quadrifoglio?

Wobbles the Mind > EL_ULY 01/07/2018 at 10:54

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Nice!

Wobbles the Mind > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 01/07/2018 at 10:55

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Neither mainstream nor in production, the Vanda Dendrobium is worth a mention at least.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > EL_ULY 01/07/2018 at 11:05

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Ooh good call!

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Wobbles the Mind 01/07/2018 at 11:05

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I have never seen this thing before. Kudos.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/07/2018 at 11:06

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What you did there I see it.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 01/07/2018 at 11:09

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I dint do no thing no how

ranwhenparked > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 01/07/2018 at 11:14

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Corolla is also Latin for coronet/small crown, so it fits in with Toyota’s other models - Crown, Corona, and Camry.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 01/07/2018 at 11:16

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I guess this is kind of cheating but:

Aremmes > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/07/2018 at 11:17

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More like Ford Ficus, innit?

sony1492 > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 01/07/2018 at 11:18

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A very large *Redwood* tree found in the western US.

gin-san - shitpost specialist > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 01/07/2018 at 11:20

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Also, this exercise in badge engineering from Chrysler/Dodge, the Aspen:

Officer Jim Lahey is not a real cop > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 01/07/2018 at 11:52

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How about the Cayenne (named for the pepper)?

DipodomysDeserti > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 01/07/2018 at 11:52

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Citroën Cactus

KnowsAboutCars > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 01/07/2018 at 12:28

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Daihatsu Mira Cocoa

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > gin-san - shitpost specialist 01/07/2018 at 17:37

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Aspen actually crossed my mind but I was thinking current models sold in the US. Of course I didn’t say that so right you are!

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > DipodomysDeserti 01/07/2018 at 17:38

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Was thinking current US models but I will count this!

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > ranwhenparked 01/07/2018 at 17:38

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Did not know this. This story I’ve always heard is that it was named for the flower part but the crown theme makes more sense.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > Officer Jim Lahey is not a real cop 01/07/2018 at 17:39

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Ooh good one!

gin-san - shitpost specialist > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 01/07/2018 at 17:39

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After remembering it and looking it up on Google, I wish I had forgotten about it. That car isn’t getting any support from me.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > sony1492 01/10/2018 at 11:00

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They’re both very big, but quite different! https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/cook/sec2.htm

sony1492 > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 01/10/2018 at 21:19

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“and one of three species of coniferous trees known as redwoods”

I’m not saying Wikipedias a great source but id always thought they were a type of redwood not a completely separate tree.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > sony1492 01/11/2018 at 09:02

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Yeah, it’s of the same genus (sequoia), but different species, and as different as a tiger is from a cheetah. What’s commonly known as a redwood (the coastal redwood) is the tallest tree, and the sequoia is more massive by volume and can grown older.

It’s not wrong to call a sequoia a redwood, but in common speech, redwood refers to the taller, more slender of the pair. My wife and I got to see some recently at Muir Woods (I’d been before, but it was her first time). Just incredible to stand next to them... My neck was definitely sore after our hike - ha!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com 01/11/2018 at 09:07

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I think you’ll enjoy this... https://oppositelock.kinja.com/directions-in-which-automotive-emblem-animals-face-1792937614

sony1492 > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 01/11/2018 at 12:04

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I like being pedantic. The redwoods really are amazing, I’m lucky enough to have to drive through a redwood grove everyday. Hell there’s a small-ish redwood in my driveway!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > sony1492 01/11/2018 at 12:11

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Oh man... awesome! I’m jealous. My sis lives in Oakley. I need to get back out there soon and do some more exploring.