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Throughout the automotive history, there are some cars that are marked by their official name, but by their popular nicknames instead Cobra, Frog Eye, Breadvan or a basket of strawberries are just examples, but the list is much longer, including nicknames used worldwide or only several therefore important markets we check and see how car enthusiasts praised or mocked some of the most popular models of the world.
This is perhaps the most famous car on this list and even children know by his nickname What most people do not know is that when production began in 1938, the car didn t actually have a name just called Volkswagen is German people's car the internal name was the Volkswagen Type 1, while its informal name was the Volkswagen Bug.
However, the car quickly became known in Germany as Kafer which means beetle and the name became so popular that it was soon adopted and translated by almost all markets Bug, Fusca and Maggiolino are just a few examples It is also interesting is that even though the official name of the current generation Volkswagen Beetle in some countries is still marketed using his nickname for example, in Italy, the car is sold as Volkswagen Maggiolino, while in France we have the Volkswagen Ladybug.
The first generation European Ford Escort was produced between 1968 and 1974 and was a very popular model, particularly in the UK, where most of the units were built by today's standards, the car could not seem like much, but in the 60s it was considered excellent option its main strengths style was the style of the Coke bottle that was also used on many other Ford models with the famous grille Dog Bone which also gave the car its legendary nickname.
Almost as famous as the Beetle, the legendary Volkswagen Transporter T1 entered production in 1950 as the Volkswagen Transporter or type 2 because it was the second Volkswagen model built after the Beetle Like the Beetle, the carrier was very popular and beloved car since many nicknames throughout all its history Among the most popular are Volkswagen Bus or Van Hippie, but by far the most used was Bulli or Bully.
What is interesting is that it was actually supposed to be the official name of the car, but the German automaker was forced to drop a business of agricultural tractors which produced a popular tractor called the bulldog up Volkswagen chose commercialize new minivan as Volkswagen Transporter or the Volkswagen Kleinbus, but the nickname Bulli is still used by many people.
4 Volkswagen Type 181 Kubelwagen Bucket car.
During World War II, Volkswagen has built a special vehicle for the German army, which was officially called Type 82 The car was based on the Volkswagen Beetle was designed by Ferdinand Porsche himself and was the German equivalent of Jeep However, the car quickly became known as Kubelwagen, which is German for bath bucket car or car, for many it over a bathtub on wheels.
Over twenty years later, the German automaker has built a successor for Kubelwagen, type called 181, also meant to be used as a military vehicle, however, many potential customers have expressed interest in the model and a street version launched soon, not too different from the military the car was marketed under several names, Kurierwagen Germany, UK Trekker Thing US and Mexico Safari, but it is still best known as Kubelwagen.
The little roadster was built by BMC in 1958 and is probably one of the most distinctive cars in the world responsible for this is the front of the car is dominated by the two great lights, the similarity with a frog being more obvious and give the car its popular nickname, Frog Eye nearly 130,000 units were built during the production cycle which ended in 1971.
In 1961, the German Postal Authority asked Volkswagen to build a commercial vehicle that would be used for the transport and delivery of mail and packages since the Beetle was too small and too Transporter, the German automaker has commissioned the project to a company called Franz Knobel Sohn, who later changed his name to Westfalia Werke and became one of the best known companies specializing in van conversions camper.
The project started in 1964, the type of basic Beetle 147 Kleinlieferwagen German small delivery van entered production During the production of 10-year cycle, some were built more than 6,000 units and people soon started calling the car Fridolin the origins of this name are not known, the most popular story is that when he saw the car for the first time, a Volkswagen worker said it looks like a Fridolin Nobody knows what exactly Fridolin but everyone assumes that he was the name of a colleague.
Because the car looks funny and proportions of the Germans also called the Volkswagen Contergan Contergan was a drug used as a sedative and to treat morning sickness in pregnant women which was extremely popular in Germany in the 1950s, but in 1962 it was banned because it was discovered that caused all sorts of forms of birth defects, hence the nickname type 147.
The Ford Model T is probably one of the most famous cars in history has been the motor car in the US, it was the first truly affordable car, the first to be built on a production line and is widely regarded as the most influential car ever built between 1908 and 1927, more than 15 million units have been built and at one point, 50 percent of all cars in the world were Model T
And since the name T model was deemed too boring by some, one of the most popular nicknames of the car had been Tin Lizzie's story of that name begins in the 20s, when American auto dealers have organized all kinds of races between cars to promote their products at an event held at Pikes Peak, Noel Bullock entered the race with a model T in terrible shape, rusty and missing hood, he called Old Liz and since most of the spectators immediately compared the car with a tin can, nicknamed Tin Lizzie was born and which probably made the name stick was the fact that the car will actually race today ' hui, the nickname is not only attributed to the TS model, also used for all the old cars in a bad shape.
This car doesn t really need an introduction because it is probably one of the most famous sports car of all time built between 1954 and 1963, it was based on the race car W194 300SL great success, with SL position for Light Sport Today s one of the most desirable cars by collectors worldwide.
In addition to its high performance, the functionality of the most popular car had its doors that open like the wings of a bird, giving it the nickname Gullwing What many people do not know is that the doors weren t created this way the W194 look good race car had an innovative chassis and if normal doors would have been used, a part of the chassis is exactly the same place as the bottom of a standard door and make it unusable chassis.
Another famous sports car built by the German automaker is the W113 Mercedes-Benz, which had a difficult job to replace the incredible 300SL Gullwing The same team led the development of the W113, while the design was mainly provided by Paul Bracq and Bela Barenyi They created the iconic rigid roof, with a slightly concave shape, which the sports car its nickname pagoda.
An interesting fact about Barényi is that it is also credited with the creation of the original Volkswagen Beetle design five years before Ferdinand Porsche Barényi was also very interested in the safety of vehicles and the W113 is the first sports car in the world of have a security force, a group of security features to reduce passenger injury in an accident.
Launched six years after World War II ended, the type Mercedes-Benz 300 is the largest and most luxurious vehicle of the German automaker time with features such as mobile phone VHF radio equipment or Becker dictated the Mercedes flagship has been used by many officials of the time and one of the biggest fans was the German Chancellor himself, Konrad Adenauer was given one of the first units to deploy in production and in its activity 14 years as chancellor, he employed no fewer than six 300S type of the car and this is the main reason for the model became known or Adenauer Mercedes Adenauer.
The Alfa Romeo GT coupe was launched in 2003 and many car enthusiasts, including us, consider one of the most beautiful cars built in the first decade of the new millennium Alfa Romeo Bertone and Italian design have a great history together and both also partners in the creation of this great looking cut so it is not surprising that the result was incredible and the car is becoming an icon, with fans calling it informally Bertone.
Launched in 1954, the Mercedes-Benz W180 is widely regarded as the ancestor of modern E-Class car is the first in a series of models that have been called Jetty, as a reference to the car's styling pontoon design pontoon was a style trend that emerged in the 20s and 30s, the term comes from the french and German, where it means the W180 pontoon addition, the nickname also gave pontoon W128 was launched in 1958.
13 Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet Strawberry Basket.
The first generation of the Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet was built between 1980 and 1993 and was a great success with around 400,000 units sold throughout the production run One of the convertible elements that attracted the eye was the transverse roll bar whose purpose was to protect passengers in case of an accident and all modern convertibles have this type of structural elements hidden, the Golf Mk1 Convertible didn t, making it look like a basket handle probably combined with the red color that was one of the choices of the most popular colors, made everyone calls Erdbeerkörbchen the car, which is German basket of strawberries.
The Citroen Traction Avant which actually means FWD in French was one of the first cars to four wheel drive before the world also called 7CV Citroen, Citroen Citroen 11HP or 15HP depending on the engine used, more than 750,000 units were built between 1934 and 1957 model has made significant technical innovations such as the transaxle cast aluminum alloy that has been used successfully in motorsport later, winning several championships in competitions like Formula One traction Avant also been successfully used as a military vehicle in the Second World war, however, its popular nickname, gangster for just a criminal gang that operated in Paris in the 40s and used a 11CVs fleet for all kinds of evil things .
15 Citroen 2CV Deuche Tin Snail, The Goat, The Ugly Duckling.
A car that is probably as important for the European automotive industry the Volkswagen Beetle, the Citroën 2CV was built by the French automaker to not less than 42 years, from 1948 to 1990 the car became famous for his roles in movies and being cheap and easy to fix and when a car is popular, you can bet it will also get a lot of nicknames the french called Deuche short for the french name, Two Hair, the Beast of the Beast and Umbrella beaten Umbrella of the car on wheels with respect to other European countries, many weren t as cute as the french the British called Dolly or Tin Snail, Germans Die Ente duck, Patito Feo Spanish ugly duckling and people in the former Yugoslavia called the Freak Spacek.
16 BMW Isetta Bubble Car, Rolling Egg Car Coffin, Yoghurt Pot.
While Europe was still recovering after World War II, the Italian company Iso SpA has decided to build a small affordable car that would go into mass production until then, the company that built refrigerators, small scooters and trucks three wheels, so that the small car was a first for them using the engine of one of their bikes, the car was ready in 1953 and it was called Isetta, which means little Iso.
Iso owner soon started authorization of automobile production to other companies too, and the little car was also built in France by Velam, Brazil and Germany BMW Romi On all versions, one built by BMW is far the most successful German carmaker replaced Iso engine of one of their own, a unit of a cylinder delivering 13 hp and the car has also been heavily reworked, to the point that no part of the original Isetta can be used on a BMW All these made the German Isetta and extremely popular with over 160,000 units sold, it is world's best selling car of a cylinder.
As you can imagine, the car seems unconventional brought a lot of nicknames, some of them not too flattering The most popular is Bubble Car and it is not difficult at all to see why other interesting names are Dar Rollende Ei Egg Rolling and Sargwagen Coffin car in Germany, France and Yoghurt pot Huevito Little Egg in South America.
The Ferrari 308 GTB was introduced in 1975, replacing the legendary Ferrari Dino 246 and about 13,000 units were produced until 1985. The car was available in two body styles, coupe GTB and targa GTS, both extremely popular among Ferrari fans, many agree that is probably one of the best cars in the history of Italian automaker.
And if that was not enough wasn t, the car reached mainstream popularity by being featured in the famous TV series Magnum PI where the main character of the show played by Tom Selleck drove a 308 GTS This is known car among car enthusiasts as Ferrari Magnum.
The little Fiat 126 was launched in 1972 and had a difficult mission to replace the iconic Fiat 500 car was built in Italy until 1979, and Poland between 1973 and 2000, under license Fiat Brand name used was Polski Fiat means Polish Fiat, which has its nickname, a nickname that was even used for models built in Italy another popular nickname given to the Fiat 126 Bambino which is Italian for small children even people in Poland have called in this way, Maluch, which means the same thing.
We are talking about the first generation of the Opel GT, built between 1968 and 1973. Although the car has not too much in common with the Chevrolet Corvette 1968 the obvious resemblance and the fact that Opel was significantly smaller than the car American sports, he brought the baby Corvette nickname and sport Opel didn t disappoint, because more than 100,000 units were sold during the production cycle of six years, becoming a success for the German automaker.
There is no doubt that the Trabant 601 was the symbol of the automotive industry in the former East Germany, we can tell that just by looking at the sales figures, nearly 3 million units sold between 1963 and 1990 the car that is better known as the Trabant was popular for its low price, reliability and simple construction which has made it extremely easy to repair and maintain another feature that the Trabant 601 is famous for is its cardboard body and the nickname cardboard Racer However, this nickname was given after several inaccurate news reports have said the body of the car was made of a cardboard-based material actually Trabant's body was made of thermosetting plastic , a composite plastic material made from recycled materials, that are often included cotton or paper.
Many consider the Volvo P1800 to be one of the most beautiful cars of all time and we will not discuss it at all the popularity of the car increased again after being featured in the television series Saints, where main character, Simon Templar, causes throughout the race whole show was also reported that Roger Moore was so impressed by the car he bought one.
However, things are a little different with the P1800 ES, which is the wagon version The car wasn t as popular, with just a little more than 6000 units sold during the last production that lasted two years, but it was enough for the car to get a nice nickname, snow white coffin that has no morbid references, but it comes from large windows of the car according to the fairy tale, the snow white coffin was entirely of glass.
Other extremely popular Volvos were PV444 from 1943 to 1958 and its successor, the PV544 The PV444 1958-1966 was the first uni-body car of the Swedish car manufacturer and it featured a very distinctive roof and the back line, which has known Buckelvolvo, which is Swedish for Bossu.
And that concludes our list of the most popular nicknames ever used in automotive So how about you it is something special to connect to one of these cars and if you think we could have missed something, please feel free to add in the comments below.
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