International Car Showroom

  • Cars for all weathers:
    • Nissan Sunny
    • Rolls Royce Silver Cloud
    • Buick Rainier
    • Geo Storm
  • For the sportily dressed cardinal:
    • Chevrolet Blazer
    • Chevrolet Beretta
  • More or less electric:
    • Chevrolet Volt
    • Dodge Charger
  • Down on the farm:
    • Dodge Ram
    • Mitsubishi Colt
    • Volkswagen Rabbit
    • Toyota TRD
  • The Japanese market featured these models in 2002:
    • Daihatsu Atrai Aero Down Billet
    • Daihatsu Kid Aero Down Custom
    • Daihatsu Naked
    • Honda Life Dunk
    • Mazda Bongo Friendee
    • Mitsubishi Chariot Grandis Royal
    • Nissan Bluebird Sylphy
    • Subaru Pleo Nesta
    • Suzuki Every Landy
    • Toyota Avensis Versa
    • Toyota Corolla Runx
    • Toyota Townace Noach
  • Proposed names that Ford didn't use for the Edsel:
    • Citation (but Chevrolet took it up)
    • Corsair (Ford kept that to use in Britain)
    • Pacer (AMC liked this one, even if no one else did)
    • Ranger (which appeared on mid-sized and compact Ford trucks)
  • Car and truck names explained:
    BMW
    Bangle My Wheels
    (Dodge) Caravan
    The Polish word for "hearse"
    Chevy
    The English word for "Daewoo"
    Citroen
    The Dutch word for "lemon"
    Denali
    Dyslectic denial
    (Cadillac) Deville
    She-devil
    Mercedes
    Just like "Wendy's," belonging to the daughter
    Silverado
    Not quite as good as Eldorado
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