They get us
to work, they get us back home. They get us to ball practice and Sunday school
and to the grocery store. Talking about
our cars of course! Some of us love
them, some of us hate them. One would
assume that 99% of them have a name though.
By the way if you haven’t checked the calendar, it’s ‘Name Your Car Day’!
Yep! And AutoNation asked 2,500 car
owners what name they’ve bestowed on their car.
I remember being a kid and riding with my mom in an old pickup truck,
that truck’s name was Betsy, but I’m pretty sure every other vehicle my mom ever
owned was named Betsy as well. It was “Come
on Betsy, you can make it up this ole hill!”
Or “Come on Betsy, you can get yourself outta this ditch!” Betsy just seems to be a great, tried and
true name for a car or truck – a workhorse of a name if you will. Makes sense it fits a lot of cars and
trucks. According to this survey, it also
seems “B” names are quite popular:
Top Car Names Overall:
1.
Betsy
2. Bessie
3. Baby/Betty (tie)
5. The Beast
6. Sally
7. Bertha
8. Lucy
9. Big Red
10. Buddy/Red/Stella (tie)
Top
Car Names Men Choose:
1.
Betsy
2. The Beast
3. Sally
4. Lucy
5. Bertha
6. Bessie, Billy, Turbo (tie)
9. Baby, Big Red, Buddy, Fiesta, Stella, Steve (tie)
Top
Car Names Women Choose:
1.
Betsy
2. Bessie
3. Baby
4. Bertha
5. Herbie, Precious, Sally (tie)
8. Alice, Big Blue, Big Red, Blue (tie)
Top
Pop-Culture Car Names:
1.
The Enterprise
2. The Batmobile
3. Optimus Prime
4. Millennium Falcon
Alright so spill that tea! What name do you have for your car or
truck? How did it get that name? Got any friends or family with a truly
bizarre name for their vehicle? My
favorite part about doing this blog is hearing from you, so be sure to leave
your responses on this post over on Facebook, and thanks for stopping by today!
– Butter
