With the exception of the Gremlin, I don't think any of the other names are really bad. Of course, in my opinion, a car's name means nothing to me... it's the car itself that matters... the one I dislike though...

Oldsmobile Achieva (false advertising)

Also, FWIW, the Turnpike Cruiser was a Mercury. The Oldsmobiles were based on platform and number of cylinders long ago... so 88 was Platform 8, 8 cylinders.

The middle Daewoo is the Nubira. Although I wonder where they got their names, it doesn't bother me any.

Names I would like to see in a line of cars...

Surpass
Tethys
Crusade (my fave, even have an ad campaign for that one)

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