What's in a Model Name?

What this quiz asks

• The Chevrolet Corvette, launched in 1953, took its name from what?
• In Brazil, the Volkswagen Beetle is famously nicknamed what?
• Was 'Beetle' the car's official name at Volkswagen from the very start?
• Toyota's Corolla name comes from Latin. What does it mean?
• The name of Toyota's Prius hybrid is a Latin word meaning what?
• 'Countach', the name of the 1974 Lamborghini, is an exclamation of amazement from which Italian dialect?
• Ford named its 1962 family saloon after the Italian ski resort that hosted the 1956 Winter Olympics. Which car was it?
• Select ALL of these car model names that are also the names of winds.
• Hyundai's Tucson and Santa Fe SUVs are named after cities in the south-western United States.
• Nissan's Qashqai takes its name from what?
• Volkswagen's Tiguan name blends 'tiger' with which other animal?
• Select ALL of the dances whose names Renault blended to create 'Twingo'.
• Porsche's 'Carrera' name comes from which race?
• Why was the Porsche 901 renamed 911 just before it went on sale in 1964?
• Peugeot's first model with a three-digit name and a zero in the middle, the 201, appeared in which year?
• The Lamborghini Murciélago took its name from a famous fighting bull. What does 'murciélago' mean in Spanish?
• Lancia models such as the Lambda, Delta and Beta were named after Roman gods.
• Why was the Mitsubishi Pajero sold as the Montero in Spain and the United States?
• SEAT's Tarraco SUV takes its name from the Roman name of which Spanish city?
• Order these model names by when they first went on sale, earliest first.