What's the best car name that's a number?

Pontiac 6000LE

We called then the Ghoulie

In reply to jgrewe :

I once heard someone refer to an XR4Ti as an XR-forty. 

Galaxie 500 

In reply to David S. Wallens :

In Hispanic countries the Ford F-150 is pronounced "Feesoh"

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Toyota MR2 = Mid-engined, RWD, 2 seater

Similarly Chrylser's ME4-12 concept car meant Mid Engined, 4 turbos, 12 cylinders

Toyota calling their Toyobaru variant the (GT)86 after an old chassis code that only gearheads would know which inspired the new car is pretty cool. And then using that number for the size of things on the car in mm, including the engine bore and stroke!

I came here to add 510, but was beat.  How about XK120?

dps214 said:

Pete. (l33t FS) said:

John Welsh said:

Sadly it is gone but the best was when BMW had series for the first number and then engine size as the last two numbers.  The letters that followed made some sense too with i= injected and s= sport and e= economy

 

Like the 1.8l 320i in the late 70s?  Or the 745i that was really a turbocharged 3.5l (might have been 3 liters)?  (trollface.jpg)

Sometimes I wonder how that system came to be. Like, did it start out as randomly assigned numbers, then sometime in the late 80s someone in the marketing department went "hey...we could line up the model numbers with the engine displacement!" and then they did that for a few years until turbos became a thing and that screwed everything up?

There were a few odd models along the way that didn't conform too, like how the whole Z3 range lined up except the first 2.5L model was called the 2.3 for some reason.

I have no idea.  Certainly the chassis/deciliters code was stuck to more closely in the 90s than anywhen else, but playing fast and loose with the numbers was still a thing that happened.

Weren't the etas actually 2.7l? Or an I thinking of eta crank in non-eta block?

The Z3 2.3 was probably done to line up with the 323i, which was a 2.5.  I heard they did this so it wasn't too close to the 328i number wise.  They started calling it the 325i again when the 328i was embiggened to 3.0l and called the 330i.

444, 544, 122, 1800, 142, 145, 242, 245

TR4

Javelin (Forum Supporter) said:

Oldsmobile  442

Originally stood for 4 barrel, 4-speed, dual exhaust. Changed the second year to 400 cubic inches, 4 barrel, dual exhaust. 

Even though there were 3 speed 4-4-2s and 4 door 4-4-2s.  

But I digress.

For me it is a toss up between 3 series BMWs and Porsches that start with 9.

 F1. But also RS 200, and Mr. Bias here is kinda fond of Merc nomclementure, E55, C63, SL65...

240Z, duh...  

The BMW's 2002 reminds me of -2.002 which is the electron g-factor.

Fun fact, this value holds the world record for the great agreement between the theoretical value and the experimentally observed value - neat  

The Mazda 626 reminds me of 6.626 which is Planck's Constant H (energy transfer quantum / channel frequency)

I know Mazda is teaming up with Lexus to produce a next gen 626...an all electric version should be called the 683 to pay homage to the 555 mn light source which is 100% efficient - 100 berking percent.

I know, too nerdy, numbers are my words.

duece and a quarter.....

Z06  

ZR1

In reply to David S. Wallens :

Now that you mention it, the XR4Ti is a fun one. With the Sierra name removed in the ocean crossing, the letter-number mashup takes center stage. And with an additional T for Turbo.

Where is ze love for ze frisky Peugeot 505? 

TR250, GT6+ etc, etc, etc

The post said number not numbers combined with letters. Z06, 240Z, TR6 et al are fine cars but they are not names with numbers........sorry you're disqualified.

I found 142 to be a good name.

GT40

Zed28.

In reply to Streetwiseguy :

Zed's dead, baby.

but yeah, I hear you.

Tom1200 said:

The post said number not numbers combined with letters. Z06, 240Z, TR6 et al are fine cars but they are not names with numbers........sorry you're disqualified.

I found 142 to be a good name.

 

Numbers combined with letters are acceptable per original post:

JG Pasterjak said:

So what's your favorite car name that's a number or an alpha-jumble. 

stuart in mn said:

Tom1200 said:

The post said number not numbers combined with letters. Z06, 240Z, TR6 et al are fine cars but they are not names with numbers........sorry you're disqualified.

I found 142 to be a good name.

 

Numbers combined with letters are acceptable per original post:

JG Pasterjak said:

So what's your favorite car name that's a number or an alpha-jumble. 

Well my reading comprehension is obviously crap.

Well on that note:

340MM