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#1423610 9-Nov-2015 12:17

kiwirock: I wonder what a kiwi car would be called. I think Mazda are very New Zealand oriented like the naming of our creeks:

Mazda 2
Mazda 3
Mazda 6

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How about

Kiwicar Number 8

Kiwicar She'll Be Right

Kiwicar Speeder

Kiwicar Hoon

Kiwicar Bogan

Kiwicar Merino (probably a ute)

Kiwicar Fast As!

Kiwicar Hundy

Kiwicar Jandal

Kiwicar All Black

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#1423615 9-Nov-2015 12:22

Land Rover Daffy

Kiwicar Beached As

Kiwicar Greasy Chups

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#1423644 9-Nov-2015 12:49

kiwirock: I wonder what a kiwi car would be called. I think Mazda are very New Zealand oriented like the naming of our creeks:

Mazda 2
Mazda 3
Mazda 6

or geographically:

KiwiKar North
KiwiKar South
KiwiKar Stewart
KiwiKar Chatham

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#1423992 9-Nov-2015 20:59

Geektastic:
Technofreak: What about some of the slogans on the spare wheel covers on the Jap SUVs. Some of them are just completely inane.

Then there's the Honda CRV - Comfortable Recreational Vehicle or the Toyota RAV - Recreational Active Vehicle

I thought RAV was Really Average Vehicle or Really Awful Vehicle?

One of my brothers has one and he is Mr Beige, so I stay well away from them.

I agree on the really awful option especially the 2 door ones.

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#1424117 10-Nov-2015 08:22

The 90's ones were pretty average but the 2007+ are fine. Especially the ones branded Vanguard with the 206KW V6.

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#1424137 10-Nov-2015 09:17

lxsw20: The 90's ones were pretty average but the 2007+ are fine. Especially the ones branded Vanguard with the 206KW V6.

Nah - they are missing two cylinders....

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#1424138 10-Nov-2015 09:17

lxsw20: The 90's ones were pretty average but the 2007+ are fine. Especially the ones branded Vanguard with the 206KW V6.

Nah - they are missing two cylinders....

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#1424203 10-Nov-2015 10:50

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the Toyota "FunCargo" 5 pages in.

I've always end up thinking "Fun Car Go". Either way, I'm not sure how a car designed for cargo could be any fun in the slightest. It's such a whale!

As a kid my parents had a Toyota Estima Lucida which I thought was a pretty weird name too.

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#1424808 10-Nov-2015 21:59

DravidDavid: I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the Toyota "FunCargo" 5 pages in.

I've always end up thinking "Fun Car Go". Either way, I'm not sure how a car designed for cargo could be any fun in the slightest. It's such a whale!

As a kid my parents had a Toyota Estima Lucida which I thought was a pretty weird name too.

Did we namecheck the Nissan Cube? Or the Renault Twingo?

How about the reverse of strange ones - extremely apt ones! Ford Transit - does exactly what it says on the tin! Range Rover.

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#1424899 11-Nov-2015 00:47

Geektastic:
lxsw20: The 90's ones were pretty average but the 2007+ are fine. Especially the ones branded Vanguard with the 206KW V6.

Nah - they are missing two cylinders....

At least they all stay in the block unlike a Landy ;)

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#1425010 11-Nov-2015 09:39

lxsw20:
Geektastic:
lxsw20: The 90's ones were pretty average but the 2007+ are fine. Especially the ones branded Vanguard with the 206KW V6.

Nah - they are missing two cylinders....

At least they all stay in the block unlike a Landy ;)

No props with mine - it has a Jaguar V8 in it! ;-) All 300 BHP of it.

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#1426011 11-Nov-2015 10:36

The Toyota Highlander is called the Kluger is Australia. Sounds like a handgun to me.

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#1426246 11-Nov-2015 14:08

Geektastic:
lxsw20:
Geektastic:
lxsw20: The 90's ones were pretty average but the 2007+ are fine. Especially the ones branded Vanguard with the 206KW V6.

Nah - they are missing two cylinders....

At least they all stay in the block unlike a Landy ;)

No props with mine - it has a Jaguar V8 in it! ;-) All 300 BHP of it.

It's not just HP, but HP to weight ratio. Of course if I could only pick one, I'd pick HP :)

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#1426818 12-Nov-2015 12:00

Citroen Cactus.

Presumably intended to give a feeling of being out the wild desert, implying a free spirit...

To me, it immediately makes me think of nasty prickly things. As in "I'll be sitting in the Cactus". Not to mention the Kiwi vernacular using cactus as a euphemism for cack, as in "I'll be in the Cactus".

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#1426856 12-Nov-2015 12:47

frankv: Citroen Cactus.

Presumably intended to give a feeling of being out the wild desert, implying a free spirit...

To me, it immediately makes me think of nasty prickly things. As in "I'll be sitting in the Cactus". Not to mention the Kiwi vernacular using cactus as a euphemism for cack, as in "I'll be in the Cactus".

... and the difference between caucus and cactus is that cactus has the pr*cks on the outside.

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