zzdcar
Home
/
Reviews
/
Culture
/
Ranked: Automaker Ananyms Like 'Ford Drof'
Ranked: Automaker Ananyms Like 'Ford Drof'-July 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:12:38

Image for article titled Ranked: Automaker Ananyms Like 'Ford Drof'

Earlier today, I learned that Skoda will be making a version of the Volkswagen ID all-electric crossover called the “Enyaq.” This led me down a rabbit-hole of ideas for better names. Even the ananym of Skoda, which is just the word spelled backward, or Adoks, would be a better name than “Enyaq.”

So here are my arbitrary and personal rankings, with some consultation of the rest of the Jalopnik staff, of automaker ananyms, or car names spelled like their automaker’s name with the letters arranged backward:

Lincoln Nlocnil

Just nonsense, but fun to say out loud.

Chevrolet Telorvehc

You better tell her, Vic!

Maserati Itaresam

Pronounced, Atari-Sam?

Hyundai Iadnuyh

Audi Idua

Lada Adal

A Lada Adal, what a doll!

Fiat Taif

A dentist with a cockney accent?

Honda Adnoh

Add no trouble to your life with the Honda Adnoh.

Bentley Yeltneb

A Bentley is exactly the kind of car where you’d make sure everyone on the road knew you still drove a Bentley, whether you were in front of them or behind them, because it would still read “Bentley” in their rear-view mirror (like an ambulance)

Koenigsegg Ggesgineok

The threatening challenge of attempting to pronounce a double-G is the perfect match for the threatening performance of the brand’s cars.

Genesis Siseneg

Kia Aik

I’ve got an ache for the Kia Aik.

Alfa Romeo Afla Oemor

This is just me drunk telling a stranger at a bar in the finance district what car to buy.

Toyota Atoyot

It’s a Toyota. It’s a Atoyot. It’s a Toyota Atoyot.

Mazda Adzam

Like saying “Adam,” but with an added touch of malice.

Mercedes Sedecrem

The first car to make it across Middle Earth and back.

Jaguar Raugaj

Sounds badass, I’m in.

Ram Mar

Ram, more.

Ford Drof

Rory Carroll said the Ford Drof is a “little truck.”

Volvo Ovlov

I like how stereotypically-Russian a lot of the European brands sound backwards.

Tesla Alset!

We’re all-set for launch.

Volkswagen Negawsklov

Had the outcome of WWII been slightly different, maybe. Das Vedanya.

Mini Inim

“Inim? I barely know him!” - Erin Marquis.

Polestar Ratselop

Mmm I love my Polestar rat slop.

Dodge Egdod

Egdod.

Full disclosure: this is not an exhaustive list. If you feel like I left out any good ones, and I mean names that could be slapped on a real car today, then fire them off in the comments below. Have fun!

Comments
Welcome to zzdcar comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Show More Comments
Culture
Someone Seems To Be Testing Some Kind Of Mystery Racing Ford Mach-E And It Looks Like A Lot Of Fun
Someone Seems To Be Testing Some Kind Of Mystery Racing Ford Mach-E And It Looks Like A Lot Of Fun
A secret operative near the test track took a little hike through the woods and discovered something pretty exciting: a very stripped-down doing donuts, drifting, tearing ass and generally hooning like a delighted loon. What’s going on here? Is this an official Ford project? Let’s do some speculating! First, everyone...
Jul 23, 2025
Judge Who Was Tired Of GM And Fiat Chrysler's Shit Dismisses Racketeering Case
Judge Who Was Tired Of GM And Fiat Chrysler's Shit Dismisses Racketeering Case
The judge overseeing the big GM-FCA racketeering case throws it all out. China wants your new car smell to be healthy. GM shakes up its management. Carlos Ghosn apparently paid a hefty sum for his wild extraction from Japan. All that and more in for July 9, 2020. Back...
Jul 23, 2025
Help Us Identify This Really Weird Yellow Sedan UPDATED
Help Us Identify This Really Weird Yellow Sedan UPDATED
For most of our readers, when an unfamiliar car enters our field of vision, our brains lock onto it and flood our systems with whatthefuckisthatatonin, the neurotransmitter responsible for making us wonder, long and hard, about what unidentifiable cars are. In this case, the car is a peculiar but...
Jul 23, 2025
Rolls-Royce Seeks To Corner Highest Tier Of Insufferable Crypto Dork Market
Rolls-Royce Seeks To Corner Highest Tier Of Insufferable Crypto Dork Market
Rolls-Royce is known for making some incredible limited-run vehicles with wildly unique traits, like or (via an outside coachbuilder) within its leather-slathered interior, but this seems to be the first time a limited run of Rolls-Royces has been inspired by both the look of the Matrix movies and ....
Jul 23, 2025
Tesla May Be Closer To 'Full Self-Driving' But Drivers Won't Be Anytime Soon
Tesla May Be Closer To 'Full Self-Driving' But Drivers Won't Be Anytime Soon
Earlier today, CEO informed the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai that Tesla would have “basic functionality” for its full self-driving technology by the end of this year. What he didn’t say, though, is that we’d get to use it anytime soon. Many outlets are running headlines that seem...
Jul 23, 2025
Look At What They Did To The Poor Toyota Corolla
Look At What They Did To The Poor Toyota Corolla
While we’re all busy twiddling our thumbs waiting for that hot hatch to show up, we will instead reportedly be served a different mutation of the car with the all-new 2021 . Yeah, Toyota “turned” the “Corolla” into a “crossover,” insomuch that they took a name that sells and...
Jul 23, 2025
Copyright 2023-2025 - www.zzdcar.com All Rights Reserved