Cars named after (or same as) WW2 and 1950s aircraft?

[Admiral Beez]

Of course there's the Triumph Spitfire and Ford Mustang, but can we name other postwar cars named after or the same as WW2 aircraft? For example, there's Armstrong Siddeley's preference for naming their cars after Hawker Siddeley ww2 aircraft: Lancaster, Hurricane, Typhoon/Tempest and Whitley.

Here's a 1951 Whitley for sale.

As an aside, it's noteworthy that in 1951 when the above car was produced, the USA market was making these:

1951 American Car Spotters Guide | USA Vehicle Identification

 

[SaparotRob]

My mind is stuck on Tucker Torpedo. Not the same thing.

 

[cammerjeff]

I can think of a few, Buick Wildcat, Pontiac Tempest, Plymouth Fury, Pontiac Catalina (But in this case I think both the Car and the Plane where named after the Island off California), Dodge Hellcat, & Dodge Avenger off the top of my head.

 

[SaparotRob]

..and I owned a Pontiac Catalina.

 

[cammerjeff]

And does a Ford Lightning Pick up Count? And I just thought of a Plymouth Barracuda & Mercury Marauder..

 

[Retattack]

There was a Ford (UK) Corsair in the '60s; and Lincoln recently released an eponymous SUV.

 

[special ed]

My plan is to get "pilot" (Honda) and "navigator" (Lincoln) emblems for my van doors' exterior to go with my sticker on the passenger dash.
Get in
Sit down
Shut up
Hold on

 

[Retattack]

My plan is to get "pilot" (Honda) and "navigator" (Lincoln) emblems for my van doors' exterior to go with my sticker on the passenger dash.
Get in
Sit down
Shut up
Hold on

My favorite:

 

[Admiral Beez]

We had the Meteor brand, a postwar Ford branding exercise exclusive to Canada.

 

[SaparotRob]

There's also the Edsel Corsair.

 

[Admiral Beez]

There's also the Edsel Corsair.

And now the current Lincoln Corsair. Clearly the marketing folks at the Ford Motor Co. like the Vought F4U - or maybe pirates? Interestingly, while Ford produced the Consolidated Liberator and other aircraft, they never produced the Corsair. Any car company's direct connection with any aircraft is rare, but I wonder why Ford liked this one so much.

 

[Sabrejet]

There was the 1950s Singer Hunter, a not-too-successful blob.

The name was revived in the 1960s for a great-deal-more-successful car built by Hillman and produced in lots of variations (Singer Vogue; Sunbeam Arrow; Hillman Minx; Humber Sceptre etc).

 

[GrauGeist]

A.great number of American vehicles were named after weather or meteorological events.

For space, there were: Starliner, Comet, Galaxy, Meteor, Constellation, etc.

Weather events: Toranado, Tempest, Zephyr, Typhoon, Syclone, Lightning, Stratos, etc.

Nautical: Clipper, Corvette, Cavalier, Corsair, Commodore, etc.

In regards to intentional naming, directly after WWII, Packard did name their new inline 8 engines the Thunderbolt.

 

[special ed]

There was a Buick concept car, the Le Sabre.
I have often seen cars along side the road I would call the "Thud".
There is of course, the Ford pickup series - the F-100.

 

[Snowman]

Since the 1950s aircraft names are also pointed out, then it's an Oldsmobile Cutlass. BTW it's my daily driver.

 

[Sabrejet]

Bristols various: Brigand, Beaufighter, Fighter...

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

My plan is to get "pilot" (Honda) and "navigator" (Lincoln) emblems for my van doors' exterior to go with my sticker on the passenger dash.
Get in
Sit down
Shut up
Hold on

That's the license-plate frame on my mom's car.

The frame around the plate on my truck reads, "Save a horse, ride a cowboy."

 

[SaparotRob]

And now the current Lincoln Corsair. Clearly the marketing folks at the Ford Motor Co. like the Vought F4U - or maybe pirates? Interestingly, while Ford produced the Consolidated Liberator and other aircraft, they never produced the Corsair. Any car company's direct connection with any aircraft is rare, but I wonder why Ford liked this one so much.

Lack of creativity.

 

[GrauGeist]

Lack of creativity.

A Corsair was a "swashbuckler" and pirates/privateers were popular in the 1950's.

The first Corsair model, was the Henry J back in '52.
Ford and Lincoln were late to the game.

Should also note that Rust Heinz built a custom sedan based on the Cord 810 and named it a Corsair - back in 1938.

 

[cammerjeff]

Including 50's A/C how about the AMC Javelin, and Hornet. And I will stretch it a bit by including 1950's-60's Ford Pick Ups, Just called F-100's