Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Cars named after winds


Austin
  • Maestro (mild sea-to-coast wind in the Adriatic)
Dongfeng (eastern wind)

Chevy
  • Tornado (Mexican pick-up)
GMC:
  • Syclone
  • Typhoon
Lincoln/Ford:
  • Zephyr (breeze from the west)
Maserati:
  • Bora (ancient Greek name for north wind)
  • Ghibli (Libyan wind)
  • Khamsin (hot dusty wind in North Africa and Arabian Peninsula)
  • Mistral (wind from the north that blows over the northwest coast of the Mediterranean)
  • Shamal (summer wind over Iraq and Persian Gulf)
Pagani:
  • Zonda (Andean wind in Argentina)
VW
  • Bora (see Maserati Bora)
  • Passat ("trade wind" in German)
  • Santana (Santa Ana wind (subject to debate))
  • Scirocco (warm wind in Mediterranean)
Yugo (it is not derived from the word Yugoslavia; rather, yugo is a southeasterly wind on the Adriatic)

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