Hooniverse Asks- What's a Good Un-Used Real Thing Car Name?

TSX, SL500, 300C, Venza, Impreza, the list goes on. Some say all the good real-world names are gone, just like there are no original movie plots any more. I say, they’re just not trying hard enough. I’m also getting pretty sick and tire of all the made up names blighting everything from the little pills that help us make sexy time more enjoyable to the cars that our partners in that activity drive home in after completing the walk of shame. I think we can do better, and there’s nobody better to come up with awesome product names that you fine folks.

Let’s stick to cars here, after all  this is a car blog, and see if you can think up some killer labels that are actual things -whether animal, vegetable or mineral – that really exist. Some makers convolute real words to make new ones that have no real meaning, but evoke some sort of emotional response based on how close they are to their progenitor. Intergra, Impreza, Maxima, the Japanese are masters of this tact, taking an emotive word, truncating it and adding an a to the end. I hate those.
335i, 348GTB, 350E; these are based on some parameter of the vehicle – usually engine displacement and lineup position, and that’s okay, but unless there’s years of storied history backing the nomenclature, it lacks uniqueness. The names that really have impact are ones that drive both imagery of the brand and a connected positive attribute- the strength of a galloping herd of horses in the case of the Mustang, a powerful light warcraft for the Corvette. Names like these elicit a connection that’s weighted in reality, and because of that, they seem to have  greater sense of permanence than the made up names that come and go on other cars.
There are also names that are real English words, but because of a weak connection to an external image, they seem to lack that kind of impact. Honda sold the Prelude for a long time, establishing it as a significant member of their lineup. And then it went away. Miss it? Now think about the Thunderbird, a name steeped in both automotive and Native American culture. It’s been a few years since it went away, and I’ll bet a bunch of folks would like to see that name resurrected. Same thing with ‘Cobra.’
So, is it true, are all the great car names gone? Is there any animal name, force of nature, or powerful icon from which a memorable name can be derived? What would you like to see as a car or truck name that has never been used before?
Image sources: [cartype.com]