TACHronyms - What Car Names Really Mean For (Originally Published 1996)

AUDI
Another Uninformed Driver Insulted.
Another Useless Device Installed.
BMW
Babbling Mechanical Wench
Beastly Monsterous Wonder
Beautiful Masterpeices on Wheels
Beautiful Mechanical Wonder
Big Money Waste
Big Money Works
Blastphemous Motorized Wreck
Born Moderately Wealthy
Break My Windows
Broken Money Waster
Broken Monsterous Wonder
Brutal Money Waster
Bumbling Mechanical Wretch
Buick
Big Ugly Import Car Killer
Big Ugly Indestructable Car Killer
Big Ugly Indestructable Compact Killer
Chevy
Car Has Extensive Valve Rattle On Long Extended Trips
Charged HEaVilY
Cheapest Heap Ever Visioned Yet
Dodge
Dead Or Dying Garbage Emitter
Drips Oil, Drops Grease, Everywhere
Fiat
Failure in Automotive Technology
Feeble Italian Attempt at Transportation
Fix It Again Tony?
Ford
First On Recall Day
First On Race Day
Fix Or Repair Daily
Found On Road Dead
Fraternal Order of Restored DeSoto's
Driver Returns On Foot (backwards)
GMC
Garage Man's Companion
Generally Mediocre Cars
Get More Chicks
Got More Crap
Gotta Mechanic Coming
Mopar
Most Often Passed At Races
Mostly Old Parts And Rust
Mostly Old Paint And Rust
Pontiac
Poor Old Nut Thinks It's A Cadillac
Saab
Swedish Automobile - Always Broken
Toyota
Too Often Yankes Overprice This Auto

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