Holy Cow There are a Lot of Cars Names After Animals, Fish, and Birds

Want to dive into a trivia hole from which you may never emerge? Start trying to think about all the cars that have been named after various animals, fish, and birds. I won’t even go into insects…

Anyway, I thought there was only one fish car — the Barracuda — but a quick strawpoll in the office coughed up two more, at least: the Corvette Stingray and the Hyundai Tiburon (which means ‘shark’ in spanish, so says my colleague).

So, because this is the kind of thing that keeps me up at night if I don’t write it down, here you go…

Fish Cars:

Barracuda

Stingray

Tiburon

Rambler Marlin

Animal Cars:

The Goat (Pontiac GTO, not technically the badge name but nickname)

Bronco

Pinto

Mustang

VW Rabbit

VW Touareg  (a touareg is a member of a north african nomadic tribe, which – as a human – technically is an animal)

Cobra (those Shelby road sports cars)

Jaguar

Cougar

Viper

Bird Cars:

AMC Eagle

Buick Skylark

Thunderbird