J: Lamborghini Jarama

Like all good Lamborghinis, this Bertone-designed 2+2 grand tourer, launched in 1970 with a view to cracking the American market, is a load of bull. As has lengthy been a Lamborghini custom, its title is a reference to preventing bulls: on this case, the Jarama area north of Madrid is thought for breeding preventing bulls. Ferrucio Lamborghini stated the Jarama was his favourite mannequin produced by his agency. Which is completely no bull.

Ok: Ford F-150 King Ranch

The huge F-150 pickup truck is Ford’s best-selling automobile, and King Ranch is the best-selling mannequin trim on it, mixing luxurious touches with cowboy stylish. It is so profitable that Ford now presents King Ranch trim on a spread of house market fashions. However you won’t know that King Ranch is an actual cattle ranch in Texas, and it is the biggest within the US. In reality, at 1289 sq. miles, it’s bigger than Luxembourg. No, actually.

L: Daewoo and Pontiac LeMans

There’s a lengthy historical past of automobile companies naming fashions after well-known motorsport places, often these the place they’ve had some success. Keep in mind when Daewoo and its someplace GM stablemate Pontiac gained the Le Mans 24 Hours? Neither can we. Come to consider it, we can also’t bear in mind when LeMans was one phrase, however there you go.

M: Alfa Romeo Mito

Do not inform the Italian authorities, however Alfa Romeo has already named a automobile after Milan. In reality, the MiTo is a tribute to 2 Italian cities: it is a portmanteau. Milan-Torino refers to each the town through which it was designed and the one through which it was constructed. By the best way, the automobile was initially going to be referred to as Junior earlier than Alfa modified its thoughts. What weird the wrong way up world is that this?

N: Chrysler New Yorker

Walter Chrysler left his mark on New York along with his eponymous Chrysler Constructing, the world’s tallest when it opened in 1930. So it is becoming that one of many longest working fashions was the New Yorker saloon, launched in 1939. It went by a number of generations till 1996, when it was the oldest nameplate of any American mannequin.