I read an interesting article about names and cars. The French car company Renault is coming out with a new car they’re calling Zoe – the Renault Zoe ZE. They chose Zoe because it means “life,” which appears to be a nod to the environmental benefits of this zero emissions car. Pretty cool. Or maybe not…A French woman named Zoe Renault is asking the company not to name the car Zoe. She says it would bother her to hear things like, “Zoe’s broken down.”

 

Would you mind it if you had the same name as a car?

 

It will be interesting to see what happens here. Apparently, the attorney in this case has a number of clients with the same name.

 

The Zoe wouldn’t be the first car with a human name. Here are some others I found:

ASPEN

AURORA

AUSTIN

CAPRICE

CHEYENNE

COLT

COOPER

Crown VICTORIA

DAKOTA

DINO

ELECTRA

JIMMY

LIBERTY

MORRIS

ROCKY

SIENNA

SIERRA

Silver DAWN

St. REGIS

 

Did I miss any?

 

If you loved a name, but then a car company (or any company) chose it for a product name, would you still use it?

 

You can read the article here.

 

Happy naming,

♥  Amanda

 

 

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